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Orthoclase from
Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia
| Locality type: | Quarry | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Orthoclase | |
| Formula: | K(AlSi3O8) | |
| Comments: | "Blocky crystals of orthoclase line miarolitic cavities, but have often grown across the cavities and are poorly or non terminated. They are usually white to cream and perthitic, with the sodic phase often etched out leaving a skeletal structure. The crystals commonly show Carlsbad twinning. Large blocky terminated crystals measuring up to 10 x 11x 12cm have been collected." | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Believed Valid | |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
| Quartz | 16 | |
| - var Smoky Quartz | 11 | |
| Muscovite | 11 | |
| Albite | 5 | |
| Turquoise | 4 | |
| Saléeite | 4 | |
| Fluorapatite | 3 | |
| Crandallite | 3 | |
| Torbernite | 3 | |
| Fluor-schorl | 2 | |
| Ulrichite | 2 | |
| Libethenite | 1 | |
| Anatase | 1 | |
| Metatorbernite | 1 | |
| Ferberite | 1 | |
| Kaolinite | 1 | |
| Natrodufrénite | 1 | |
| Meta-autunite | 1 | |
| Cyrilovite | 1 | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Orthoclase data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 67152 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:67152:5 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Orthoclase | ||
| 75.9km (47.2 miles) | ⓘPyramid Hill granite quarry (Mawson's Quarry), Pyramid Hill, Loddon Shire, Victoria, Australia | |
| References | ||
Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia