Fluoro-Riebeckite & Smoky Quartz - Mt. Malosa, Malawi

Dark smoky quartz crystal with naturally etched faces bearing sensational blue free-standing riebeckite fibres in a gap at the crystal base from Mt Malosa. Riebeckite is known from the locality as color agent for "blue quartz" as inclusions but free-standing crystals are a rarity. The fibres show the chatoyant effect when moving the specimen in your hand.

Kindly analyzed by J.F. Carpentier as fluor-riebeckite.

Size: 9 × 2.8 × 2.8 cm

Locality: Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi