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Ephesite

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Description
Locality: 
Gloucester Farm, Postmasburg, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.8 × 1.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.10cm
Weight: 
7.00gr
Description

Choice thumbnail hosting a dozen ephesite crystals of excellent quality, well terminated and of great pink color. Quite contrastful with the dark matrix too, possibly lithiophorite.

Among the best I have ever handled.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ephesite

Formula: 
LiNaAl2(Al2Si2O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Gumuch-dagh, Efes (Ephesus), Izmir Province, Aegean Region, Turkey

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