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4JG59 - Phenakite - $ 95 SOLD São Miguel de Piracicaba, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil large cabinet, 0.9 x .8 x .5 cm
Phenakites are highly sought-after, and this little gem should definitely be in the hunt. Aside from being small, it is perfect in every way: clear and ultra-sharp, with a wonderful complex and complete crystal form. It is complete all around save the bottom face which is a flattish contact plane. If you didn’t know it was a Phenakite, you would swear it was a killer Herkimer Diamond.
4ZA9 - Phenakite - $ 195 SOLD São Miguel de Piracicaba, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil thumbnail, 1.4 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
A SUPERB FLOATER CRYSTAL showing unusually good gemminess and radial symmetry! Classic old Brazilian locality, too! These haven't been mined here in 40 years
D05-133 - Phenakite (huge xls!) - $ 4200 Sao Miguel de Piracicaba, Itabira, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil small cabinet, 8.5 x 4.5 x 4.3 cm
This is a truly oustanding, significant, world class phenakite specimen from the important finds here of the 1940s and early 1950s (the "Pough era" as some call it). It has only recently been sold to me out of a private collection and has some history with it which will come with purchase. I have NEVER seen such a significant Brazilian phenacite for sale, and this blew me away when it turned up. It is complete all around as you can see from the front and back shots, nicely crystallized on both sides. To me, this weird and exotic mineral is much more interesting than just another tourmaline for the price, and far more irreplaceable.
J12-429 - Phenakite on calcite - $ 2500 Imalo, Mania River, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar small cabinet, 5.6 x 5.3 x 3.7 cm
This unusual, elongated and pointed-tipped crystal of phenakite is from a small find made in about 2004, which was brought out by Italian dealers and experts in Madagascar minerals, Emanuele Marini and Federico Pezzotta. It was at the time, the best matrix example from the pocket, which they had for sale. To this day, despite finds of the mineral at other localities, i have never seen another quite like this. The crystal is actually doubly-terminated, and is 5 cm long. It is not repaired, and was expertly exposed in this matrix of calcite. Joe Budd photos.
K-135 - Phenakite - $ 200 SOLD Stiepelman Mine, near Spitzkopje, Namibia miniature, 4.1 x 3.6 x 2.6 cm ex. Charlie Key
A rare locality specimen of Namibian phenakite! This specimen is just covered with gemmy, lustrous crystals all over its surface, perche on crystallized dolomite matrix
MD-121119 - Phenakite - - Archived Rio Piracicaba (Old São Miguel de Piracicaba), Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil thumbnail, 2.3 x 1.9 x 1.4 cm.
2.3 x 1.9 x 1.4 cm. Phenakites are highly sought-after, and this little gem should definitely be in the hunt. Aside from being small, it is perfect in every way: clear and ultra-sharp, with a wonderful complex and complete crystal form. It is complete all around save the bottom, which is a contact. Ex Carl Davis Collection.
MD-133032 - Phenakite - - Archived Klein Spitzkopje (Kleine Spitzkoppe) granite stock, Swakopmund, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region, Namibia miniature, 4.1 x 3.6 x 2.6 cm
A rare locality specimen of Namibian phenakite! This specimen is just covered with gemmy, lustrous crystals all over its surface, perche on crystallized dolomite matrix 4.1 x 3.6 x 2.6 cm
MD-178750 - Phenakite - - Archived Anjanabonoina pegmatites, Mount Ikaka, Ambohimanambola Commune, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar thumbnail, 3.0 x 2.6 x 1.6 cm.
3.0 x 2.6 x 1.6 cm. An uncommon and showy cluster of super gemmy and glassy, colorless phenakite crystals from the famous Anjanabonoina pegmatite of Madagascar. The large, dominating, doubly terminated crystal is 1.3 cm.
MD-20977 - Phenakite - - Archived Rio Piracicaba (Old São Miguel de Piracicaba), Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil thumbnail, 0.9 x .8 x .5 cm
Phenakites are highly sought-after, and this little gem should definitely be in the hunt. Aside from being small, it is perfect in every way: clear and ultra-sharp, with a wonderful complex and complete crystal form. It is complete all around save the bottom face which is a flattish contact plane. If you didn’t know it was a Phenakite, you would swear it was a killer Herkimer Diamond. 0.9 x .8 x .5 cm
MD-216031 - Phenakite - - Archived Anjanabonoina pegmatites, Mount Ikaka, Ambohimanambola Commune, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar thumbnail, 2.4 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm.
2.4 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm. A beautiful, water-clear, sharply terminated, gem phenakite crystal from a classic locale, the Anjanabonoina pegmatites of Madagascar. This is a superb and fairly large crystal for the locality. Ex. Carl Davis Collection.
MD-216612 - Phenakite - - Archived Mt Antero, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA miniature, 3.4 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm.
3.4 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm. A silky crystal of phenakite sitting atop a cluster of smoky quartz crystals from this classic locality.
MD-22014 - Phenakite - - Archived Mt Antero, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA thumbnail, 1.4 cm
A sharp, lustrous and translucent colorless 1.4 cm blocky phenakite rhomb aesthetically perched on albite with muscovite matrix. This is an excellent phenakite crystal in itself and was self-collected by Al Partee with Dr. Steve Neely and Ralph Clark in the mid-1980s. This piece had the greatest sentimental value to Al and was the hardest for him to part with, he told me. 4.0 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm
MD-225185 - Phenakite - - Archived Mt Antero, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA thumbnail, 2.1 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm.
2.1 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm. This is a sharply twinned, textbook crystal of phenakite from the classic US locale. Ex. Richard Gaines Collection.
MD-22977 - Phenakite - - Archived Anjanabonoina pegmatites, Mount Ikaka, Ambohimanambola Commune, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar thumbnail, 3.1 x 1 x 0.7 cm
Superb crystal, and unusually large for the locality! Phenakites from this location show excellent crystallography and are thus highly desirable. In person it has a straw color. 3.1 x 1 x 0.7 cm
MD-235263 - Phenakite - - Archived Mt White, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA thumbnail, 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm.
2.5 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm. Phenakite is an uncommon beryllium silicate found in granite pegmatites and schists. This glassy, translucent and colorless, euhedral crystal has both stepped-growth and striated faces. This is a large, for the species, Colorado crystal and hails from the much less common Mt. White of Chaffee County. This is a classic and excellent mineral specimen from the Colorado Rockies.
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