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) | A fine relative big faceted Ekanite with round cut. The specimen shows the typical inclusions garden, which is quite common for this mineral, due to the radioactive decay. The specimen has a good polish with fine luster shows a symmetric cut emits a radioactive dosage of 0,8 µS/h for gamma rays and 2,5µS/h for all three particles together.
This is a big and rare specimen for this locality!
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