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garchin
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 Posted: May 31, 2009 09:45 Post subject: Phenakite China |
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| I havenot seen it in person yet. But I know phenakites have been found in Xuebaoding, Sichuan, China. Even Google couldnot supply any pictures. Anyone could show some pics what the crystals look like from this locality?
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Jun 01, 2009 17:12 Post subject: Re: Phenakite China |
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I saw one time one Phenakite from Xuebaoding and it was really small and quite ugly. Unfortunately I haven't images of it. Its appearance was quite similar to the Takowaja ones ( https://www.mindat.org/photo-143170.html )
Hopefully it helps
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garchin
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| Posted: Jun 02, 2009 03:33 Post subject: Re: Phenakite China |
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Hola Jordi,
Moltes gràcies for your information. At least I know what to look for now. Maybe I should visit the mine myself one day and find the treasure of my life:P Adéu.
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John S. White
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| Posted: Jun 04, 2009 07:43 Post subject: Re: Phenakite China |
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Here is a photo of the phenakite from China. The photo is courtesy of tron-xx.de/jetminerals.com and the specimen resides in the collection of the photographer. The crystal is about 3 cm and in not twinned. The only locality given is Guandong Province.
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garchin
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| Posted: Jun 05, 2009 10:50 Post subject: Re: Phenakite China |
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Hi John,
Thank you very much for this input!
I am quite surprised by the beauty of the crystal and its origin. Therefore a question has risen about the black stuff in the matrix. Is it specularite?
Cheers, Gar.
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parfaitelumiere
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| Posted: Jun 06, 2009 03:55 Post subject: Re: Phenakite China |
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really good picture,and nice specimen too!
Do the hematite and quartz samples come from the same place?
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Jun 06, 2009 10:41 Post subject: Re: Phenakite China |
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The Hematite don't match to Xuebaoding. It looks like Jinlong, Shangping, Heyuan, Guangdong, but as far as I know Phenakite isn't noticed there. Maybe Jürgen Tron could help us?
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Brian Wang
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| Posted: Jun 22, 2009 04:18 Post subject: Re: Phenakite China |
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| Yes, like Jordi Fabre says, the phenakite with hematite is from Jinlong Mine.
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