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Orthoclase Var Baveno Twin

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Orthoclase Var Baveno Twin

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Description
Locality: 
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm
Description

Prismatic undamaged orthoclase crystals from Baveno (Italy), with a net twining plane on {021}, known as “Baveno twin”. Specimen N°2031 from the PhD Geologist Bob Janssens.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Orthoclase

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

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