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Muscovite On Albite Var Cleavelandite

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Muscovite On Albite Var Cleavelandite

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Description
Locality: 
Disputed Mine, Mount Palmer, Harts Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6 × 9.4 × 8.4 cm
Description

Creamy white books of muscovite are arranged  in a hap hazard manor over a bed of off white albite var. clevelandite crystals from the remote Disputed Mine in the Harts Range.

A freestanding specimen that displays well.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
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

Cleavelandite

Variety Of: 

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Hardness: 
0.0
Earthstones Australia

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