Orthoclase with Albite, Quartz and Babingtonite

Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Small Cabinet, 5.7 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm
Start Time: 04/21/2016 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/28/2016 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
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Several cream colored Orthoclase crystals are associated with pale pink Albite, black Babingtonite and Quartz from the famous locality at Baveno. The largest Orthoclase measures 8 mm. This area lends its name to "Baveno" twinned Feldspar crystals, and is one of the most well known Feldspar localities in the world.

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