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Smoky Quartz Orthoclase & Babingtonite

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Smoky Quartz Orthoclase & Babingtonite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 6 × 2.5 cm
Description

Nice example from this classic locality and probably a 1980s specimen: a matrix of orthoclase crystals (or microcline) associated with slight smoky quartz is vorvered by very tiny blackish babingtonite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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

Orthoclase

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

Babingtonite

Formula: 
Ca2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH)
Strunz: 
9.DK.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Arendal Iron Mines, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway

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Best regards Roger