Ashcroftine-(Y)

  
 
  
This specimen has a 0.6 cm area of light pink colored flat lying crystals of ashcroftine. The matrix is aegerine. Ashcroftine is exceptionally rare from Greenland
Origin: Narssarsuk, Igaliko, Greenland
Sample size: 2.5 x 1.9 x 1.4 cm (top), 2.8 x 2 x 1 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Minerals Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

Pale pink silky sprays of ashcroftine-(Y) crystals on matrix
Origin: Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Sample size: microphoto
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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