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)
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