Aegirine-augite, Orthoclase, Pyrochlore Group
Puerto de la Peña - Cueva de Lobos area, Fuerteventura Basal Complex, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain
Prismatic crystals of clinopyroxene (an intermediate term of the series Aegirine-Augite) on feldspar crystals. Note the small crystal of reddish Pyrochlore present in the bottom of pyroxene crystals. Found in rounded blocks of possible Syenite at the mouth of "the Aulagar" ravine at Ajui beach (Puerto de La Peña).
Image size 7x6 mm.