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Phenakite

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Phenakite

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Description
Locality: 
Imalo, Andrembesoa, Betafo, Antsirabe II, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4 × 2.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.60cm
Description

a biterminated, colourless crystal on pegmatite matrix; self collected during a field trip on 2001

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...