SMOKY QUARTZ CRYSTAL

SMOKY QUARTZ CRYSTAL

A lovely, large Smoky Quartz Crystal!  This beautiful, natural piece features Aegirine inclusions inside the quartz and some.  Very interesting under magnification and bringing great properties to the crystal.  This smoky is very unusual and different from all sides; feels good to hold in the hand and looks even better with sunlight behind it.  Go on, spoil yourself.

Dimensions:
3cm x 1.2cm x 8.5cm, 55g.

Location:
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi.

NaFeSi2O6 , Sodium Iron Silicate.

Aegirine, which is listed in some guides as Acmite. Forming impressive crystals that have become classics among collectors.  These tall opaque monument like crystals that jut majestically out from their host rocks are simply splendid.  The steeply inclined pyramid on top of the prismatic crystals is very characteristic and thus diagnostic of Aegirine.  An alternate name Acmite comes from the Greek word for point.  Name Aegirine is after the Teutonic, god of the sea Aegir, and was given when the first specimens of the mineral were discovered in Norway.
Aegirine is difficult to distinguish from its close cousin Augite.  Under normal circumstances, the steep pyramids of Aegirine are the only point of differentiation.