Dusmatovite, Caesium-Kupletskite, Aegirine

Locality: Darai-Pioz (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-Pioz) Glacier, Alai (Alayskiy) Range, Tien Shan Mts, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan

One of the best known specimens of fresh blue Dusmatovite. Specimen size is 7x6.5x3 cm. Associated with Caesium-Kupletskite, Berezanskite, Willemite, Hyalotekite, Polylithionite and some other rare minerals. Authors cotype specimen, it was collected in 1992. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.

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