AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Greece > Ecdemite var. Heliophyllite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 82255 |
Mineral: | Ecdemite var. Heliophyllite |
Locality: | Pachi Limani, Lavrion (Laurium) Mining District, Attica Peninsula, Greece |
Description: | Small cavities in dark gray matrix lined with microscopic tan ecdemite crystals. The old label identified the crystals as heliophyllite, but that name was discredited in 2019 when it was determined to be the same as the mineral species ecdemite. Ex. Miller collection T980; collected in the 1950s |
Overall Size: | 16x15x10 mm |
Crystals: | micro |
Archived: | For reference only |
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