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 Post subject: Re: A vivid yellow gem - what is it?
PostPosted: Tue Aug 01, 2017 5:33 am 
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Marc - you live close to a country with a beautiful gem material with a vivid color too...same RI range - same hardness....

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cancrinite ? (same RI range and hardness as haüyne from Germany)

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Yes Cancrinite from Bancroft, Ontario Canada.

A tiny stone with only 0,06 ct - a Feldspathoid like Afghanite, Sodalite or Hauyne

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German Hauyne - canadian Cancrinite and Afghanite - a member of the Cancrinite group...

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