This is a very small specimen even for a micro, but the main ancylite crystal is of good size – ca 3.5 mm – and is quite attractive under a scope (15X). It sits on a small piece of matrix consitsing of natrolite with an outer shell of crumbly gonnardite.

Note: Strictly speaking, at MSH it is not possible to visually distinguish ancylite-(Ce) from calcioancylite-(Ce). The only “rule” that has some validity (as established by examining hundreds of specimens at the ROM), is that most calcioancylite-(Ce) at MSH occurs as a replacement. I have invoked this “rule” to label this as ancylite-(Ce). Caveat emptor.

Also, please note that the color of these crystals depends markedly on the illumination. The photos were taken using tungsten lighting. Under CFL, the crystals will look greenish.

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