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Orthoclase & Babingtonite

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Locality: 
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm
Description

a typical loose pink crystal of orthoclase featuring the characteristic "Baveno" twin law, here with a good coverture of tiny black babingtonite crystals

Mineral Data
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Orthoclase

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

Babingtonite

Formula: 
Ca2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH)
Strunz: 
9.DK.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Arendal Iron Mines, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway

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