Description: Phenakite
Ben Macdui, Cairngorm Mountains, Grampian Region, Scotland, UK
15mm x 13mm x 7mm crystal
And again. Apologies for the multiple photo's but it's the only specimen I have! Besides, there's a lot of little reflective faces to scrutinise. Looks very much like albite, but it scratches quartz - and quartz does not scratch it.
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