Mineral: | Ekanite
| Chemical Formula: | (Ca,Fe 2+,Pb)2 (Th,U)[Si8O20] | Size: | | Weight: | | Transparence: | transparent - translucent | Quantity: | | Origin: | Oh Saung Taung, (Oak-Saung Taung (Phayar Taung)), Le-O, (Le U), northeast of Mogok, Burma (Myanmar) | Here you get an ekanite oval cut stone. The piece is hosting some mineral inclusions as well as some tension fissures, due to the radioactive decay of the mineral. The specimen releases alpha- and beta- radiation but only with a dosage of 2- 3 µSv/h. An interesting collector stone from Burma
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