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SC373 - Microcline, Albite, Zektzerite


Locality: Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA (MINDAT)
Size: 4.5 x 4 x 2 cm - Miniature (3-6 cm)
Weight: 38.1 g
minID: 1A8-8WD

Chunk of microcline and albite matrix with small crystals. On the side, there is a little zektzerite. The albite/microcline fluoresces red under shortwave UV light, the zektzerite blue.

Left: Fluorescence under 254nm UVC (shortwave) Hg light. Right: normal light.
Last update: 04 December 2021