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Phenakite

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Phenakite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Anjanabonoina, Ambohimanambola, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 4.6 × 3.5 cm
Description

A sharp and well terminated phanikite crystal sitting on a huge schorl turmaline crystal.

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...