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Phenakite : Be2[SiO4]

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Locality: Emerald mines (Izumrudnye Kopi; Malyshevskoe deposit), Tokovaya river (Tokovaia river), Malyshevo, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia
This is an important locality specimen, featuring a huge, completel-all-around crystal perched atop matrix! Matrix phenakites from this classic locality is usually quite ugly and unappealing as a specimen but this is an exception. BETTER IN PERSON! 6.5 x 5.1 x 3.7 cm



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