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This is a super rare Phenakite crystal from Nigeria, a very rare locality that was only discovered in 2008. Location: Okuta Didan Mine, Nigeria Size: 2.0 x 1.9 x 1.0 CentimetersRead more

26 ott 2017 - Esplora la bacheca "☆ Phenakite / Prehnite" di horester su Pinterest. Visualizza altre idee su Minerali, Gemme e Pietre.Read more

7/27/2012· contact : [email protected] 2nd largest Phenakite EVER from Okuta-Didan Mine, Nigeria, Africa 106.9 grams = 534.5 carats.Read more

The specimen, appropriately, hails from the "Shining Stone" Mine (Okuta-didan in the Yoruba language), an alluvial deposit at the Jos Plateau in central Nigeria. The finished size is 43 x 35 x 24 mm.; the stand measures 7 x 4 inches.Read more

8/8/2015· Main crystal size: 21,5 cm Floating single crystal, very well formed on practically all its faces and colorless with cloudy inclusions and incrustations of calcite microcrystals on the surface; beautiful lateral twinned crystal in the shape of a rain gutter; an internal fracture runs all along the top and resembles breakage, but is in fact the result of natural recrystallization.Read more

This map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.Read more

Phenakite Group mineral data, information about Phenakite Group, its properties and worldwide locations. ... ⓘ Salistone Mine (Shining Stone Mine; Okuta-didan Mine) ... lepidolite and phenacite-bearing pegmatite from Żółkiewka quarry, Strzegom-Sobótka granite massif, Lower Silesia, SW Poland. Mineralogia - Special Papers, vol. 37, 112 ...Read more

Named in 1833 by Nils Gustaf Nordenskiöld (October 12, 1792, Mäntsälä – February 2, 1866, Finnish/Russian mineralogist) from the Greek for "deceiver", φέναξ, in …Read more

10/19/2009· Phenakite History:History of Phenakite in Nigeria Nigerian - Okuta-didan - Phenakite Phenakite are usually of the finest colourless crystals, they are especially remarkable for their rarity and preciousness. It has not been mined much in Africa and has only been mined in Nigeria a little over one year. Phenakite was discovered in Nigeria in the ...Read more

8/8/2015· Main crystal size: 21,5 cm Floating single crystal, very well formed on practically all its faces and colorless with cloudy inclusions and incrustations of calcite microcrystals on the surface; beautiful lateral twinned crystal in the shape of a rain gutter; an internal fracture runs all along the top and resembles breakage, but is in fact the result of natural recrystallization.Read more

The name "OKUTA-DIDAN" in Native Yoruba language, meaning "A shinning stone", was given to this gemstone and is often referenced as the mine name which it is not. This local name was given to phenakite because of its high transparency and reflectivity dissimilar to any other stones in the region.Read more

Raw Phenakite Crystal, 32 ct, Okuta-didan Mine (Shining Star) Mine, Jos Plateau, Nigeria Dimensions: 2.4 cm (0.9) x 1.1 cm (0.4) x 1.9 cm (0.7) Weight: 31.5 carats (6.3 grams) Okuta-Didan Mine is the major producer of Nigerian Phenakite. Natural Phenakite is difficult to discern from otherRead more