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Albite Var Pericline

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Description
Locality: 
Scimfuss, Pontino Alp, Tremola Valley, St Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 4 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.10cm
Weight: 
19.00gr
Description

Very nice Albite var. Pericline crystals cluster up to 21 mm

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

Pericline

Variety Of: 

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Hardness: 
0.0