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Moonstone

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Skarvbergbukten Pegmatite, Seiland Island, Alta, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 10 × 6.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.30cm
Weight: 
391.00gr
Description

Nice specimen with a lot of lustrous, translucent moonstone (rare variety of albite) crystals exhibiting a nice blue Schiller-effect typical of moonstone which is very difficult to photograph. The biggest crystal measures 2.3 X 2.2 Cm.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Moonstone

Variety Of: 

Microcline

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

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