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Microcline Smoky Quartz & Albite

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Microcline Smoky Quartz & Albite

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Description
Locality: 
Papachacra Mountains, Papachacra, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5 × 3.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

A very nice sample from Argentina with a very rich coverage of pastel-green albite crystals up to 5 mm, some smoky quartz crystals up to 1 cm and light pink microcline crystals up to 1.5 cm on matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Microcline

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic - Pinacoidal
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden
Cartils Minerals

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