This Malawi Update (click here) features a small number of selected, different, specimens from well-known Mount Malosa (the world’s top locality for fine aegirine crystals), and two super aegirine crystals from a recent find at the Mulanje Massif, over 100 km to the south of Mount Malosa.  The large cluster of radiating aegirine crystals is super!

Aegirine on Microcline with Monazite and Zircon, Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi – 8.5 cm

Aegirine, Mulanje Massif, Malawi – 7.5 cm

Aegirine on Microcline, Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi – field of view 4.5 cm

Aegirine on Microcline, Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi – 4.5 cm

Aegirine on Microcline, Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi – 4.8 cm

Aegirine with Microcline, Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi – 7.1 cm

Aegirine, Mulanje Massif, Malawi – 5.9 cm

Zircon on Quartz, Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi – 6.7 cm

Arfvedsonite on Microcline, Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi – 5.3 cm

Aegirine with Quartz, Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi – 6.5 cm