This matrix full of interlocking aegirine is accompanied by orange-brown patches of massive petarasite crystals. There is an unidentified, well formed, light lavender/gray partial crystal present as well. Petarasite is the mineral named after Dr. Peter Tarassoff! This is a very nice sample, collected in 1988, according to one of the handwritten labels the specimen came with.
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