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Microcline (Baveno-law twinned) with Lepidolite and Albite from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California

 
Microcline (Baveno-law twinned) with Lepidolite and Albite from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California

Microcline (Baveno-law twinned) with Lepidolite and Albite from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California

Microcline (Baveno-law twinned) with Lepidolite and Albite from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California

DESCRIPTION:No. 57488
Mineral:Microcline (Baveno-law twinned) with Lepidolite and Albite
Locality:Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California
Description:Large gray-white 95 mm microcline crystals twinned diagonally through the center following the Baveno Law of feldspar twinning with columnar translucent purple lepidolite crystals to 12 mm and platy albite crystals to 20 mm on one face.
Overall Size:10.5x7x7 cm
Crystals:5-95 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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