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Orthoclase Smoky Quartz & Mica

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Orthoclase Smoky Quartz & Mica

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Description
Locality: 
Diamond Rocks, Mourne Mountains, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6 × 4 cm
Description

A nice specimen with smokey quartz up to 1.2cm and orthoclase up to 0.7cm. and mica books up to 0.3cm.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Orthoclase

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

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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

Mica

Group Parent: 
Mica Group
Peter Crozier Minerals