Steenstrupine-(Ce), Aegirine
Taseq Slope, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland
3.0 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm. Steenstrupine-(Ce) is a very rare complex silicate and this showy, excellent and rare combination piece is from the Type Locality area. The highlight is a sharp, well-placed, 1.2 cm trigonal crystal, with several more broken crystals plus a host of rare for the locale, parallel-growth aegirine prisms, all in the albite or ...
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