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Albite Muscovite & Quartz

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Albite Muscovite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Mica Creek, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 15.9 × 9.2 cm
Description

A large cluster of albite crystals with silvery purple muscovite books and a couple of quartz crystals from a recent find at the southern end of the Mica Creek Pegatite District.

The closest town to this find being Mount Isa.

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

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
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