Arfvedsonite ps Aegerine with Smoky Quartz & Feldspar

Item Description

RARE and impressive large pseudomorph combination material from Mount Malosa. A striking, well-placed, large 4.0 x 3.4 x 1.6 cm, partially hollow aegerine prism has been stunningly pseudomorphed by smaller, lustrous, forest-green 2nd-generation arfvedsonite crystals. Arfvedsonite is a Sodium Amphibole. The sculptural large mounded specimen dramatically and aesthetically includes striking sprays of glassy, translucent to transparent, sharply terminated smoky quartz crystals, to 6.4 cm, and starkly contrasting sharp, cream-colored, porcelainous feldspar crystals, to a large 6.8 cm. A singular and exceptional large pseudomorph combination from the locale. Value perhaps $1000-1500? Hard to say, as we have never seen a similar large pseudo combination. From an old local collection assembled over the last 20 years of mining there, and recently to us.