Aegirine-augite, Quartz

Locality: Mount Shadwell, Mortlake, Moyne Shire, Victoria, Australia

Yellowish aegirine-augite crystals on a white quartz xenolith. There is an overall coating of transparent pale yellowish brown volcanic glass. Field of view: 2.3mm. Specimen collected by Alan Wood.

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