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Ekanite
Ekanite is a rare thorium-bearing calcium silicate mineral with the ideal formula Ca2ThSi8O20. It was first found in the Ratnapura area of Sri Lanka and is named for Sri Lankan gemmologist Francis Leo Danvil Ekanayake. Ekanite is usually green but can also be straw-yellow, dark red, or colorless, and its thorium content makes it radioactive. Radiation damage commonly leaves specimens metamict, mea...
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Euclase
Euclase is a rare beryllium aluminum silicate mineral with the chemical formula BeAlSiO₄(OH). Its name derives from the Greek words "eu" (good) and "klasis" (breakage), referring to its perfect cleavage. The mineral typically forms prismatic crystals in granitic pegmatites and hydrothermal veins, with colors ranging from colorless to pale blue, blue-green, and rarely deep blue. Gem-quality crystal...
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