Mineral: Bastnäsite-(Ce) with Aegirine
Locality: Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Dimensions: 5 x 4 x 4.5 cm / main crystal: 3.3 cm.

Description: Mass: 95 g MIM number: 2208 Double terminated elongated hexagonal prismatic crystal on a granite matrix. The crystal is pierced by a small crystal of aegirine at one end. Photographer: FMI / James Elliot

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