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Brushy Mountain, No Agua District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA

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Aegirine : NaFe3+[Si2O6], Quartz (Var: Amethyst) : SiO2

Brushy Mountain, No Agua District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA

Slender orange-brown aegirine associated with amethystine quartz. Photo is about 2.1 mm in length. Specimen obtained at the November 2006 Cleveland Micromounter's Symposium. Photo and specimen: Steve Stuart.
 © SMS 2008Photo ID: 196265    View Count: 75

Aegirine : NaFe3+[Si2O6]

Brushy Mountain, No Agua District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA

Needles of orange-brown aegirine. Associated minerals on the same specimen include pseudobrookite, amethystine quartz and hematite or ilmenite. Photo is about 2.1 mm in length. Specimen obtained at the 2008 Cleveland Micromounter's Symposium. Photo and specimen: Steve Stuart.
 © SMS 2008Photo ID: 196258    View Count: 70

Opal (Var: Opal-AN) : SiO2·nH2O, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) : SiO2

Brushy Mountain, No Agua District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA

Smoky quartz covered by hyalite opal (fluoresces strong "uranyl green" under LW, MW and SW UV light). Photo is about 8.5 mm in length. Specimen obtained at the November 2006 Cleveland Micromounter's Symposium. Photo and specimen: Steve Stuart.
 © SMS 2008Photo ID: 196268    View Count: 60

Multiple photos availablePseudobrookite : Fe2TiO5

Brushy Mountain, No Agua District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA

Spray of pseudobrookite associated with amethystine quartz. Photo is about 2.1 mm in length. Specimen obtained at the Cleveland Micromounter's Symposium in November 2008. Photo and specimen: Steve Stuart.
 © SMS 2008Photo ID: 196254    View Count: 51

Pseudobrookite : Fe2TiO5, Quartz (Var: Amethyst) : SiO2

Brushy Mountain, No Agua District, Taos Co., New Mexico, USA

Dark blade of pseudobrookite associated with amethystine quartz. Photo is about 2.1 mm in length. Specimen obtained at the November 2006 Cleveland Micromounter's Symposium. Photo and specimen: Steve Stuart.
 © SMS 2008Photo ID: 196267    View Count: 47
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