MICROCLINE
MICROCLINE Basic information
- Product Name:
- MICROCLINE
- Synonyms:
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- MICROCLINE
- Microcline, naturally occurring mineral, grains, approximately 0.06-0.19in
- MF:
- KAlSi3O8
- MW:
- 0
- Mol File:
- Mol File
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MICROCLINE Chemical Properties
- refractive index
- 1.53
MSDS
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MICROCLINE Usage And Synthesis
Physical properties
Habit: blocky, crystalline, coarse, prismatic.
Color: white, cream, bright green, or green.
Diaphaneity: translucent to transparent.
Luster: vitreous (i.e., glassy).
Cleavage: (001)
perfect, (010) good.
Twinning: albite [010], pericline [010].
Fracture: uneven.
Streak: white.
Occurrence: granitic pegmatites, hydrothermal and metamorphic rocks.
Uses
For grain mounts, XRD and microprobe standards, identification of unknown minerals