Epistolite

Tan to silverwhite pearly lamellae in albite matrix

Origin: Kvanefjeld, Ilimaussaq, Greenland, Denmark

Sample size: 3.5 x 4 cm

 

White-yellow pearly on ussingite

Origin: Taseq, Ilimaussaq, Greenland, Denmark

Sample size: 2 x 3 cm

 

White pearly on ussingite with tetranatrolite and bertrandite

Origin: Ilimaussaq, Greenland, Denmark

Sample size: 3 x 6 cm

 

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This specimen of albite hosts a large flat plate-like, partial crystal of epistolite.

Origin: Kvanefjeld, Ilimaussaq, Greenland

Sample size: 6 x 5 x 3.6 cm

 

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