Quartz

$600.00

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The long, sharp, glossy black Aegirine crystals seen at Mount Malosa, in the Zomba District, Malawi, are sometimes a distraction from other, much rarer minerals which might not be quite so showy in their form. In this instance, a 6.8 cm long Aegirine crystal runs through, passing between two clumps of tiny aggregated Quartz crystals and drawing one's eye. However, the real rarity is a white bladed crystal of Epididymite reaching a little over 1 cm in length, which sits upon one of Quartz clusters and then has one end resting upon the middle of the Aegirine crystal. The great shape of this rare hydrated sodium beryllium silicate is only really revealed in the video and a possible second, more blocky crystal, is positioned on the other group of Quartz crystals. It is from the superb systematic collection assembled by the brothers Martin and Michael Günther (1951-2007 & 1956-2021).