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Sanidine

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Sanidine

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Description
Locality: 
Benono, Mahasoa East, Betroka, Anosy, Madagascar
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

A beautiful, gem, pale green sanidine crystal from a small find at Benono, Madagascar. A very good crystallized specimen with good terminations all around.The finest gem crystals of sanidine are produced in this region of Madagascar. Highly representative of the species and locale.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sanidine

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Drachenfels, Königswinter, Siebengebirge, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany