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Phenakite On Smoky Quartz

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Phenakite On Smoky Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Ortau, Shet, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.4 × 2 × 1.7 cm
Description

A doubly terminated smoky quartz crystal perched on top of the remnantsd of a feldspar crystal.   Two faces a richly covered in tiny colourless phenakite crystals partially embedded in yellow mica.  The quartz itself has several clear patches that act as windows and allow the viewer to see inside the crystal.   In many instances richly coloured Newton's rings can be identified.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phenakite

Formula: 
Be2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AA.05
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Type Locality: 
Izumrudnye Kopi area, Malyshevo, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0

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