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Microcline Hyalite & Schorl

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Microcline Hyalite & Schorl

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 3.2 × 2.7 cm
Weight: 
72.00gr
Description

unusual piece in that this is an elongated feldspar, floater, sharply terminated on both ends with fluorescent last generation growth of Opal var Hyalite . Black parts are Schorl. Hyalite fluoresces bright green in UV and the feldspar dull red.

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

Hyalite

Variety Of: 

Opal

Formula: 
SiO2·nH2O
Strunz: 
4.DA.10
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Formula: 
SiO2·nH2O
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
white

Schorl

Formula: 
Na(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Hardness: 
7.0

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