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Microcline & Albite

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Microcline & Albite

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Description
Locality: 
Papachacra Mountains, Papachacra, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 6.5 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

A beautiful specimen from Argentina with a very rich coverage of well-formed light brown microcline crystals up to 1.3 cm, bluish white albite crystals and some smoky quartz crystals on matrix.

Excellent piece.

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

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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