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Phenakite from Anjanabonoina pegmatite, Betafo, Madagascar

 
Phenakite from Anjanabonoina pegmatite, Betafo, Madagascar

Phenakite from Anjanabonoina pegmatite, Betafo, Madagascar

DESCRIPTION:No. 57660
Mineral:Phenakite
Locality:Anjanabonoina pegmatite, Betafo, Madagascar
Description:Transparent colorless phenakite crystal with platy and fibrous colorless inclusions that may in fact be hollow cavities as no other mineral is visible. The phenakite crystal has striated prism faces with angled termination. Collected ca. 1980
Overall Size:15x4x4 mm
Crystals:15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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