Mineral: Phenakite with Fluorite and Orthoclase (variety adularia)
Locality: Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
Dimensions: 8.5 × 6.7 × 4.3 cm

Description: It was a novelty at Munich 2012. The elongated Phenakite crystals that coat the entire sample are very small but show very well-defined faces and edges. They are transparent and intensely bright. They are with sharp octahedral crystals of Fluorite with smaller faces of the cube. These crystals are translucent, with a very deep marine blue color and very well marked phantom growths. There are also some isolated crystals of Orthoclase (variety adularia) This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2012 Munich Show of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 24 of number 1/2013

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