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Sanidine

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Sanidine

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Description
Locality: 
Valfloriana, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 5 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.90cm
Weight: 
89.00gr
Description

Textbook sanidinse crystal with Carlsbad twinning nicely perched on volcanic matrix. Sanidine displays a fresh orange-brick color, nicely contrasting with the host rock, and it also features a moderate lustre.

The crystal is rather smooth on the surface, and I would suspect this has been prepped by a previous collector.

On the high level of the ones found in the area, quite sharp and representative for this Italian Alpine specimens.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sanidine

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Drachenfels, Königswinter, Siebengebirge, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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