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Orthoclase Var Carlsbad Twin

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Orthoclase Var Carlsbad Twin

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Nagano Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 3 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.00cm
Weight: 
32.00gr
Description

Two nice carlsbad twin crystals of orthoclase, size appr. 2 and 3 cm.

Comes with an antique Dr. Krantz label dated 1890-1902, with the comment "2 xls together". In this case, 'Omi' is not the historic province but the city of Omi, Higashichikuma-gun, Nagano prefecture, a pegmatite locality which is also famous for topaz crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Orthoclase

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

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