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Microcline & Titanite

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Microcline & Titanite

George Elling collection
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Description
Locality: 
Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 6.2 × 4.3 cm
Description

You are bidding on a large sample from the Fred Parker and George Elling collections with a nice vug hosting pale green 'amazonite' microcline crystals with dozens of small orange-brown titanite crystals attached. From a strange occurence collected by Jim Flood in the 1970s. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Microcline

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

Titanite

Formula: 
CaTi(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AG.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Titanite occurrence, Hauzenberg, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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