phenakite
- a variation of phenacite.
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The following minerals produce beads with a small quantity of soda, but produce slags if too much soda is added: phenakite, pierosmine, olivine, cerite, cyanite, talc, gadolinite, lithium-tourmaline.
Some other minerals in which it occurs are phenakite, euclase, and chrysoberyl.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius
