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Albite With Carlsbad Twin

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Albite With Carlsbad Twin

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Description
Locality: 
Saint-Véran, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.5 × 1.8 cm
Weight: 
29.00gr
Description

A lustrous albite cluster exhibiting the striation due to the usual polysynthetic twinning, and further twinned along the (010) plane following the Carlsbad law. In short, this is a double twinned albite !

Minor green translucent epidote at the back and on the side.

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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The Cristosud team wishes to offer you the best service. In order to have your parcel shipped as soon as possible, please complete the payment within the 7 days following the purchase date. In cases you want to combine several specimens and save on shipping fees, or you encounter an issue completing the payment, please let us know by emailing us, so we can arrange it together.

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