AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Madagascar > Sapphirine in Calcite with Phlogopite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 56821 |
Mineral: | Sapphirine in Calcite with Phlogopite |
Locality: | Itrongay, Betroka District, Tulear, Madagascar |
Description: | Translucent blue-gray hexagonal sapphirine crystal embedded in translucent pale-yellow calcite with brown phlogopite mica on one end. The sapphirine crystal is doubly-terminated, though one end is enclosed by the calcite (could be excavated). |
Overall Size: | 25x15x12 mm |
Crystals: | 10 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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