07625 - Beautiful Orthoclase (Feldspar) Crystals from High Atlas Mountains, Morocco scales This piece stands out because
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Description
This piece stands out because of its completeness and the spectacular glossy reddish color of its enamel
lagoonal (1)
Impressive specimen of the brittlestar genus Ophiura
Glassy matrix surrounding olivine grains and chondrules are observed
It has some fractures
07625 - Beautiful Orthoclase (Feldspar) Crystals from High Atlas Mountains, Morocco scales This piece stands out becauseOrthoclase, or orthoclase feldspar (endmember formula KAlSi3O8), is an important tectosilicate mineral which forms igneous rock. The name is from the Ancient Greek for "straight fracture," because its two cleavage planes are at right angles to each other. It is a type of potassium feldspar, also known as K feldspar.