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Phenakite

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Phenakite

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Description
Locality: 
Anjanabonoina, Ambohimanambola, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 5.8 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

Rich, white, prismatic, lustrous phenakite crystals up to 7 mm tall on matrix from the famous pegmatite locality Anjanabonoina, Madagascar, associated with imperfect schorl crystals. A really good specimen

Mineral Data
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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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