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Sanidine

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Description
Locality: 
Dieresis Mine, El Cabril, Sierra Albarrana, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 2.4 × 0.9 cm
Description

Large, very well formed, aerial and double-terminated sanidine crystal without 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
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