Beryl, Orthoclase
Triple Chance Mine, Thackaringa district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
This piece comes from the Triple Chance Mine in New South Wales, Australia, an old pegmatite locality that was a source of beryllium, feldspar and mica, but also produced crystallized specimens of beryl (up to 1 meter long according to mindat.org). The few specimens I found for reference all have the same golden hue, with no real gemminess, but ...
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