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Kaolinite Psm Orthoclase

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Kaolinite Psm Orthoclase

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Description
Locality: 
Goonbarrow China Clay Pit, Bugle, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.2 × 0.9 cm
Weight: 
12.00gr
Description

A nice classic example of twinned orthoclase crystals pseudomorphed by kaolinite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kaolinite

Formula: 
Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Gaoling Mine (Kauling Mine), Gaoling village, Ehu town, Fuliang Co., Jingdezhen Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China

Orthoclase

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

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