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Phenakite

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Phenakite

with antique labels
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Description
Locality: 
Krupskoye, Izumrudnye Kopi, Malyshevo, Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

Beige-white phenakite crystals in schist matrix from the type locality, the Takowaja deposit, well known for the famous emeralds.

Very rare material from old finds (before 1900). Comes with 5 fantastic old label.

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...
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