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Orthoclase Var Moonstone

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Orthoclase Var Moonstone

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Description
Locality: 
Lake Baikal, Irkutsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.4 × 3.3 × 0.9 cm
Description

A nice slap of polished opalescent moonstone

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Orthoclase

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

Moonstone

Variety Of: 

Microcline

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5