Mineral: Elbaite + Microcline + Albite
Locality: Chhappu, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
Dimensions: 11 x 9 x 4 cm

Description: Besides an elbaite radial cluster, this specimen shows what seems to be albite in parallel growth on microcline. If it were an epitaxial growth, the a axis of both species should be parallel. Microcline face at front could be (010) ...

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