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Orthoclase & Smoky Quartz

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Orthoclase & Smoky Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Lake Boga Granite Quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 12.3 × 8.8 cm
Description

A good sized miarolic cavity in the typical Lake Boga granite, lined with block orthoclase crystals and sharp smoky quartz, there are a number of muscovite books scattered about.

This specimen has a sawn base

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
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