Fake Phenakite? Testing at Home

By admin | March 6, 2024 |

Fake Phenakite? Testing at Home

Inspecting and testing Phenakite / Phenacite crystals bought from a private seller on EBay

Diagram from ‘Earning their stripes – What striations can tell us about minerals’ Julian C Gray, The Georgia Mineral Society Newsletter, September 2003

Posted in Phenacite

7 Comments

  1. @gurugerathnayake9394 on March 6, 2024 at 9:18 pm

    I have



  2. @gurugerathnayake9394 on March 6, 2024 at 9:22 pm

    Ok



  3. @thetemplelaboratory on March 6, 2024 at 9:22 pm

    Fakenakite!

    The good news is you got to flex your brilliance for us all, very clever!



  4. @abseiduk on March 6, 2024 at 9:31 pm

    Nice video



  5. @VibesnFrequencies on March 6, 2024 at 9:38 pm

    Dang Mark..I’m sorry you got ripped off with that, phenakite is NOT cheap by any means. I feel for you in this. I wonder what crystal that is considering its SG is even less than quartz? How odd.. On the other hand, a great video man! I wouldn’t have thought to bust out the science in this way. Have you seen how phenakite melts ice incredibly quickly? It really is strange, it seems to dissolve ice cubes rapidly.



  6. @mullahosk585 on March 6, 2024 at 9:40 pm

    Excellent information



  7. @CaratZone on March 6, 2024 at 9:44 pm

    I have a 100 Carats phenakite gem. A clean stone. Feel free to contact me if any one interested. Thanks