| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Mexico > Orthoclase (Baveno-Law Twins) |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 60695 |
| Mineral: | Orthoclase (Baveno-Law Twins) |
| Locality: | Organ District, Doņa Ana County, New Mexico |
| Description: | Unusual formation of subparallel columnar fray-white orthoclase feldspar crystals that are all twinned following the Baveno Law of feldspar twinning on a plane running diagonally down the center of the crystals. |
| Overall Size: | 16x15x13 cm |
| Crystals: | 20-110 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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