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Phenakite & Smoky Quartz & Schorl

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Phenakite & Smoky Quartz & Schorl

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Description
Locality: 
Stiepelmann Mine, Klein Spitzkopje, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 10 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Description

Statement piece from the Stiepelmann mine, bought 1990 directly on site in Erongo and probably by Stiepelmann himself. The specimen contains 22 clear and stunningly sparkling phenakites, up to 12 mm, on average they are 7-10 mm in size. In the middle of the specimen sits an approx. 4 cm large schorl crystal. The largest phenakite sits beautifully on a smoky quartz.

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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...

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0

Schorl

Formula: 
Na(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Hardness: 
7.0
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Phenakite from Stiepelmann mine, Namibia 10.5x10x4cm/our insta:@weloveminerals

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