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Ekanite

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Description
Locality: 
Ehiliyagoda, Ratnapura, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.4 × 1.5 cm
Description

;A superb large , gemmy clean facet grade rare ekanite fragment , naturally etched.

Photos has been taken at backlighting

A really nice spuerb ekanite example

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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