Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Sanidine

Views:
Watches:
SHS36014

Sanidine

ex. Collection Dr. Winfried Böhmer (Wunstorf/Germany)

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Drachenfels, Königswinter, Siebengebirge, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 7 × 4.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.40cm
Description

A sanidine crystal in trachyte matrix

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