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Orthoclase & Albite

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Orthoclase & Albite

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Description
Locality: 
Fichtelgebirge, Wunsiedel, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm
Description

Nice orthoclase crystal with albite crystals on

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Orthoclase

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

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden