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Phenakite or phenacite is a fairly rare nesosilicate mineral consisting of beryllium orthosilicate, Be2SiO4. Occasionally used as a gemstone, phenakite occurs as isolated crystals, which are rhombohedral with parallel-faced hemihedrism, and are either lenticular or prismatic in habit: the lenticular habit is determined by the development of faces of several obtuse rhombohedra and the absence of prism faces. There is no cleavage, and the fracture is conchoidal. The Mohs hardness is high, being 7.5–8; the specific gravity is 2.96. The crystals are sometimes perfectly colorless and transparent, b

Key facts

Mineral.name
Phenakite
Mineral.image
Fenacitas.jpg
Mineral.imagesize
260px
Mineral.caption
Phenakite crystals
Mineral.category
Nesosilicate
Mineral.formula
Be2SiO4
Mineral.IMAsymbol
Phk
Mineral.strunz
9.AA.05
Mineral.system
Trigonal
Mineral.class
Rhombohedral () H-M symbol: ()
Mineral.symmetry
R
Mineral.unit cell
a = 12.438 Å, c = 8.231 Å; Z = 18
Mineral.color
Colorless, yellow, pink, brown
Mineral.habit
Tabular, prismatic to acicular crystals often as columnar aggregates, as spherulites and granular
Mineral.twinning
Penetration twins around {0001}
Mineral.cleavage
Distinct on {110}, imperfect on {101}
Mineral.fracture
Conchoidal
Mineral.tenacity
Brittle

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Wikidata facts

Named after
fraud
Image
Fenacitas.jpg
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chemical formula
Be₂SiO₄
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
9.AA.05
Commons category
Phenakite
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
9.AA.05
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
VIII/A.01
type locality (geology)
Malysheva
IMA Mineral Symbol
Phk
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