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Microcline with Muscovite and Quartz from Minas Gerais, Brazil

 
Microcline with Muscovite and Quartz from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Microcline with Muscovite and Quartz from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Microcline with Muscovite and Quartz from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Microcline with Muscovite and Quartz from Minas Gerais, Brazil

DESCRIPTION:No. 43142
Mineral:Microcline with Muscovite and Quartz
Locality:Minas Gerais, Brazil
Description:Parallel formation of pale yellow-brown microcline crystals up to 35 mm across with limonite-stained muscovite mica crystals up to 8 mm. The microcline crystals form a cast on the rear after another mineral that dissolved, then quartz crystals grew.
Overall Size:8x7x3 cm
Crystals:2-35 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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