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Phenakite

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Phenakite

Gem Crystal

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Description
Locality: 
Anjanabonoina, Ambohimanambola, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1 × 0.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

Aggregate of gemmy and glassy phenakite crystals of very intense vitreous lustre. The main crystal is 8 mm in size, and the group is nearly a floater, with just a small contact point to the matrix at the base. No chippings.

Acquired in 2000. Ex. Dr. Bob Janssens #2021.

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...

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