Eudidymite

Origin: Mt. Malosa, Zomba, Malawi
Sample size: 1.1 cm
 
  
White silky platy crystals with fluorite in matrix
Origin: Jermakovskoje, Buratia, Russia
Sample size: ca. 2 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
This specimen consists of a fan shaped book of eudidymite crystals upon which are several small smoky quartz crystals.
Origin: Zomba, Mt. Malosa, Malawi
Sample size: 5 x 3.6 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

  
Eudydidimite with aegirine
Origin: Mt. Malosa Massif, Zomba, Malawi
Sample size: 5.1 x 4.1 x 1.4 cm (top), 3.4 x 1.0 x 1.0 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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