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Orthoclase Var Carlsbad Twin

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Orthoclase Var Carlsbad Twin

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Description
Locality: 
Climax, Lake County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.2 × 1 cm
Description

A couple of orthoclase crystals interpenetrated by a Carlsbad twin. Rare locality specimen where the label from Dr. David Garske reads that it could be also sanidine.

Ex Georges Vanacker*, specimen. *Vanackerite from Tsumeb was named after him.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Orthoclase

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

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