A novelty at Munich 2016. Well-individualized Niobophyllite crystals with parallel growths, an intense color, and with Aegirine and Orthoclase. The sample is from a find in a relatively new open area far from the well-known Mount Malosa.
This sample has been photographed and published as a novelty in Munich 2016 in the magazine Le Règne Minéral number 132, page 49, the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 59 of the 2016/02 edition and the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2017, page 68
The Machinga area belongs to the Eastern African Shield, mainly composed of Precambrian gneisses and metamorphic rocks. The region hosts granitic pegmatites containing lithium, beryllium, and Nb–Ta minerals, formed during late intrusive phases linked to regional metamorphism.
Machinga, Machinga District, Southern Region Malawi (2016)
Specimen size: 4 × 3.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.57” × 1.46” × 1.02”
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