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Albite

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Description
Locality: 
Brenva Glacier, Veny Valley, Monte Bianco, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.4 × 9.1 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.60cm
Description

Rich plate hosting several tens of white translucent albite crystals with great glassy lustre. Main crystals are partly transparent, and show growth patterns. Most crystals display twinning and are in excellent conditions, provided some peripheral bruising.
Unusual to see an albite from the Brenva glacier so rich nowadays. I have had this specimen since the early 2000s.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Albite

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

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