Yellow prismatic micro crystals to 3 mm in association with golden reddish
brown, fibrous
tuperssuatsiaite. The hainite crystals are incomplete (fractured). Several
other minerals also including
apophyllite,
microcline, and
aegerine.
Long prismatic tan to yellow, glassy crystals to 1 cm in phonolite matrix
around a large vug 4 x 2 cm filled with
tuperssuatsiaite as silky, fibrous cinnamon red crystals to 4 mm along
with
fluorapophyllite and
pectolite. Collected by Paulo Anselno Matioli in 1993.
Origin: Bortolan quarry, Pocos de Caldes, Alkaline Massif, Minas Gerais,
Brazil
Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm (top), 7.5 x 6 x 5 cm (2nd/3rd/bottom row)
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