Phenakite

Origin: Strezgom (Striegau), Wroclaw, Poland

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: Lord Hill quarry, Stoneham, Oxford Co., Maine, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: Mt. Antero, Chaffee Co., Colorado, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: Sao Miguel de Piracicaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 2 x 1 x 1 cm

 

  

Single white to clear crystal to 0.5 mm in vug within hematite matrix.
Origin: Langban, Varmland, Sweden

Ex. Grenier collection

Sample size: miniature

 

 

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Origin: Anjanaboina, Madagascar

Sample size: 2.8 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm

 

   

Origin: Imalo, Madagascar

Sample size: 5.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm

 

  

Origin: Anjanaboina, Madagascar

Sample size: 2.5 x 1 x 1 cm (left), 3 x 1 x 0.8 cm (right)

 

 

  

Origin: Mt. Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado

Sample size: 1.8 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm (top), 4.0 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm (bottom)

 

Origin: São Miguel de Piracicaba, Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 2.2 x 2 x 1.5 cm

 

Phenakite on calcite

Origin: Betafo - Antsirabé region, Antananarivo , Madagascar

Sample size: 5.3 x 4.2 x 3.4 cm

 

  

  

Lustrous, gemmy, colorless rhombic crystals of phenakite on a feldspar and muscovite matrix.

Origin: Mt. Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.A.

Sample size: 7.8 x 7.5 x 4.0 cm

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