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Albite Var Pericline

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Albite Var Pericline

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Description
Locality: 
Ahrntal, Bolzano Province, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.9 × 6.3 × 3.8 cm
Weight: 
143.00gr
Description

A very nice ivory white pericline specimen with translucent to transparent crystals. Some shows twins. The specimen was found pre 1978, called by older label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Albite

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

Pericline

Variety Of: 

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Hardness: 
0.0