Specimen #1998

Name: Ewaldite on Harmotome with Pyrite

Type: Micromount

Locality: Dolyhir Quarry, Wethel, Old Radnor, Powy, Wales, United Kingdom

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

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Acquired: 2010-06-20

Source: Simkev Micromounts

Label: N

Comment: Very fine examples of this rare item as pale yellow tapering hexagonal crystals on matrix with water-clear Harmotome crystals +/- Pyrite.

Minerals: Ewaldite ((Ba,Sr)(Ca,Na,Y,Ce)(CO3)2) Harmotome ((Ba,Na,K)1-2(Si,Al)8O16 6(H2O)) Pyrite (FeS2)

There are 2 pictures on file

M01998-01.jpg:

Ewaldite on Harmotome with Pyrite, Dolyhir Quarry, Wethel, Old Radnor, Powy, Wales, UK - FOV: 1.6 x 1.1 mm (7 stacked images)

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Ewaldite on Harmotome with Pyrite, Dolyhir Quarry, Wethel, Old Radnor, Powy, Wales, UK - FOV: 1.7 x 1.1 mm (13 stacked images)