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Phenakite & Microcline

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Phenakite & Microcline

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Description
Locality: 
Ortau, Shet, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2 × 5.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Small white phenakite crystals on sharp light brown microcline crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phenakite

Formula: 
Be2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AA.05
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Type Locality: 
Izumrudnye Kopi area, Malyshevo, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Microcline

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic - Pinacoidal
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway