Paralomonosovite

Quadrangular crystal of yellow primary Betalomonosovite 1.3x1.1 cm size in green fibrous Aegirine-III. Associating mineral is brown tabular Lamprophyllite. Selfcollected in August of 1987. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.

© Pavel M. Kartashov collection & photo

Pseudomorphose of yellow secondary β-Lomonosovite after tabular grain of primary brown Lomonosovite. Associating minerals are grey granular hackmanite (with strong orange-yellow fluorescention under SW UV), green fibrous aegirine-III and black grain of marmatite in the left bottom corner. Specimen size is 5x5x3 cm. Selfcollected in July of 1983. ...

© Pavel M. Kartashov collection & photo

Rectangular crystals of yellow primary Beta-Lomonosovite in association with brown tabular Lamprophyllite, red Eudialyte, grey Microcline, black acicular Aegirine-II and green fibrous Aegirine-III. Note that Eudialite crystals (especially the leftmost one) are covered by thin light rims - this is Lovozerite. Note also the orange inner reflections ...

© Pavel M. Kartashov collection & photo

Quadrangular crystal of yellow primary betalomonosovite 1.3x1.1 cm size in green fibrous aegirine-III. Associating minerals are black prismatic aegirin-II rimmed by golden fibrous secondary astrophyllite and brown tabular lamprophyllite crystals. Specimen size is 6x3.5x2 cm. Selfcollected in August of 1987. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and ...

© Pavel M. Kartashov collection & photo

Sony Alpha 7R ii, bellows, Mitutoyo M Plan 20x, aperture, Raynox DCR-250 retro, Stack-Master linear actor, stack shot control. Rose coloured Eudialyte with Loparite cubeoctahedrons in Betalomonosovite. ID confirmed by Igor Pekov. Collection and photo Stephan Wolfsried

© Stephan Wolfsried 6/2016