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21.14
cts. yellow orthoclase oval cut single
21.5 x 15.5 mm. Depth: 11.4 mm. Eye clean. Enhancement: none (N) Untreated |
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20.5 mm. Depth: 14.1 mm. Eye clean. Enhancement: none (N) Untreated |
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cts. yellow orthoclase emerald cut single
27.75 x 23.3 mm. Depth: 15 mm. Slightly included. Enhancement: none (N) Untreated |
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10.35
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emerald cut single
15.2 x 11.1 mm. Eye clean. Enhancement: none (N) Untreated |
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9.41
cts. yellow orthoclase
emerald cut single
18.3 x 10 mm. Eye clean. Enhancement: none (N) Untreated |
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9.50
cts. yellow orthoclase
emerald cut single
14.4 x 11.1 mm. Eye clean. Enhancement: none (N) Untreated |
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8.26
cts. yellow orthoclase oval cut single
15.1 x 12 mm. "Sugf cut" Eye clean. Enhancement: none (N) Untreated |
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9.54
cts. yellow orthoclase oval cut single
16 x 11.6 mm. Eye clean. Enhancement: none (N) Untreated |
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10.91
cts. yellow orthoclase round single
14.2 mm. "Sugf cut" Eye clean. Enhancement: none (N) Untreated |
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19.96
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emerald cut single
18.8 x 15.7 mm. Depth: 10.2 mm. Eye clean. Enhancement: none (N) Untreated |
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31.03
cts. yellow orthoclase oval single
21.1 x 16 mm. Depth: 14 mm. Slightly included. Enhancement: none (N) Untreated |
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| Chemical Formula: | KAlSi3O8 | |||
| Composition: | Molecular Weight = 278.33 gm | |||
| Potassium 14.05 % K 16.92 % K2O | ||||
| Aluminium 9.69 % Al 18.32 % Al2O3 | ||||
| Silicon 30.27 % Si 64.76 % SiO2 | ||||
| Oxygen 45.99 % O | ||||
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| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OxIDE | ||||
| Empirical Formula: | KAlSi3O8 | |||
| Environment: | Intrusive and extrusive igneous, and metamorphic rocks. | |||
| IMA Status: | Approved IMA 1960 | |||
| Locality: | Common world wide occurrences. Madagascar | |||
| Name Origin: | From the Greek orthos - "right" and kalo -" I cleave" in allusion to the mineral's right angle of good cleavage. | |||
| Synonym: | Adularia | |||
| Orthose | ||||
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Crystallography |
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| Axial Ratios: | a:b:c =0.6636:1:0.5534 | |||
| Cell Dimensions: | a = 8.625, b = 12.996, c = 7.193, Z = 4; beta = 116.016ø V = 724.57 Den(Calc)= 2.55 | |||
| Crystal System: | Monoclinic-Prismatic H-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: C2/m | |||
| x Ray Diffraction: | By Intensity(I/Io): 3.18(1)4.02(0.9) 3.8(0.8) | |||
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| Cleavage: | [001] Perfect, [010] Good | |||
| Color: | colorless, greenish, grayish yellow, white, or pink. | |||
| Density: | 2.56 | |||
| Diaphaniety: | Transparent to translucent | |||
| Fracture: | Uneven - Flat surfaces (not cleavage) fractured in an uneven pattern. | |||
| Habits: | Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline)., Massive - Granular - Common texture observed in granite and other igneous rock., Blocky - Crystal shape tends to be equant (e.g. feldspars). | |||
| Hardness: | 6 - Orthoclase | |||
| Luminescence: | None. | |||
| Luster: | Vitreous (Glassy) | |||
| Streak: | white | |||
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| Optical Data: | Biaxial (-), a=1.518, b=1.522, g=1.523-1.524, bire=0.0050-0.0060, 2V(Calc)=52-70, 2V(Meas)=65-75. Dispersion relatively strong. | |||
| Pleochroism (x): | colorless. | |||
| Pleochroism (y): | colorless. | |||
| Pleochroism (z): | colorless. | |||
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| Dana Class: | Tectosilicate Al-Si Framework | |||
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| (Na,Ba) feldspars | ||||
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| Strunz Class: | Silicates | |||
| ectosilicates (network) without anions unfamiliar to the tetraheders | ||||
| STRUNZ - Silicates [Tectosilicates (network) without anions unfamiliar to the tetraheders {Feldspar group, Buddingtonite - Orthocl | ||||
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