Aegirine (aesthetic matrix specimen) (ex Tom Campbell Collection)

Item Description

Some of the world's finest Aegirine crystals are found at Mount Malosa. This particular piece features good sized, superb, sharp, HIGHLY lustrous, deep greenish-black prismatic crystals of Aegirine measuring up to 3.3 cm aesthetically flaring off matrix. It's difficult to find such showy matrix specimens For a Pyroxene, you can't ask for much sharper or lustrous crystals. They have truly "wet" luster, and for the size, this is about as fine as the quality gets for the species. Matrix specimens like this are NOT easy to find from this locality. Valued at $1,000 for the aesthetics and quality. From the worldwide collection of Tom Campbell. Tom is a mineralogist and mineral collect who works with us here at The Arkenstone. He has over 35 years of experience in the fields of exploration geology, mining, and applied mineralogy, and has even more years under his belt as a collector! Tom has described many new species over the years, and discovered the rare phosphates Tiptopite, Fransoletite and Pahasapaite. Tom was also a co-author on the second edition of the Encylopedia of Minerals. You can see a list of Tom's published works here ( https://www.irocks.com/thomas-j-campbell-publications-list ).