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Sanidine

ex. Collection Dr. Winfried Böhme (Wunstorf/Germany)

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Description
Locality: 
La Tour d'Auvergne, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.7 × 6.2 × 6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.80cm
Description

Sanidine crystals in matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sanidine

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Drachenfels, Königswinter, Siebengebirge, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany