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Orthoclase

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Orthoclase

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Description
Locality: 
St Anns Mine, Mwami, Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 3.3 × 2.7 cm
Description

A complete well formed crystal, developed as floater. It is snowy white to light grey. The termination is sharp and faces are partly glossy. Minro green epidote is intergrown to some faces. An area at the backside was contacted, but undamaged. Some intergrown smaller crystals are also present - overall a very nice and aesthetic assemble fom an uncommon locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Orthoclase

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White