AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Madagascar > Phenakite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 57032 |
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: | 16x5x5 mm |
Crystals: | 16 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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