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Ekanite

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Description
Locality: 
Ehiliyagoda, Ratnapura, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.8 × 1 cm
Description

An attractive facet grade , good color green ,  natrually etched fragment of rare Ekarnite.

One photo has been taken during back lighting

Very hard to find.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ekanite

Formula: 
(Ca,Fe2+,Pb)2(Th,U)[Si8O20]
Strunz: 
9.EA.10
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Ehiliyagoda (Ehaliyagoda; Ehelliyagoda), Ratnapura, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka

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