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Multiple photos availableAstrophyllite : (K,Na)3(Fe,Mn)7Ti2Si8O24(O,OH)7, Aegirine : NaFe3+[Si2O6], Quartz : SiO2

Gere-Su river, Zeravshan range, Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan

Three large bronze astrophyllite plates (one is perpendicular to view on the upper right part of the specimen) in pegmatite of quartz-bearing alkaline syenites. Associating minerals are alkali feldspars, aegirine and quartz. Specimen size is 10x7x3 cm. Collected by Leonid A. Pautov. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.
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