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Phenakite

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Phenakite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Rio Piracicaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.9 × 1.3 cm
Description

Nice cluster of several intergrown phenakite crystals from Brazil. They show beautiful sculptural formations and a fantastic lustre all over. Some areas are coated in a thin golden-orange layer which gives a fine appearence to the piece. There is even a small piece of mother rock attached to the base of the specimen.

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...