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Anorthoclase

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An alkali feldspar intermediate between sanidine and albite.
Occurs in high-temperature sodic volcanic and hypabyssal rocks.

First named in 1885 by Rosenbusch from the Greek αν, ορθός and κλάσις, meaning "not right cleavage", descriptive of the mineral's cleavage..
 

Group Parent: 
Type Locality
Pantelleria Island, Trapani Province, Sicily, Italy
Mineral Data
(Na,K)AlSi3O8
Polymorph of: 
Strunz: 
9.FA.30*
Physical Properties
Colour: 
white, colourless, greyish pink
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Streak: 
white
Hardness: 
6 - 6.5