Mineral: Barylite
Locality: Tantara prospect, Loe Shilman carbonatite, Khyber District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Dimensions: 4 x 1.5 x 4 cm

Description: Mass: 44 g MIM number:2052 Well formed colorless and transparent tabular square crystal with small crystals of black aegirine at the base. It is one of the largest and sharpest crystals for this rare species. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence Publications: "Mineralogical Record: Nov-Dec 2018", "Paragénesis - Revista de Mineralogía 2019-2"

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