Stokesite, Albite, Microcline, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz), Muscovite

Specimen ID: VDX-8WX

Mineral(s)
Stokesite : CaSn[Si3O9]·2H2O
Albite : Na(AlSi3O8)
Microcline : K(AlSi3O8)
Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) : SiO2
Muscovite : KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Locality
As recorded:
Isabel Quarry, Valdemanco, Community of Madrid, Spain
Mindat locality:
Dimensions
1cm x 1cm x 1cm
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Very sharp Stokesite crystals, colorless, transparent, very bright and on matrix, with Albite and Microcline. These samples were found in 1999 and noted in 2012 in a paper in The Mineralogical Record, and are considered as the best crystallized worldwide and they were recovered in a single cavity that produced very few pieces.Cantera La Saludadora, Valdemanco, Madrid, Spain.Found in 1999. Minor fluorescence short UVNJ14Z5.
Jordi Fabre - 2nd May 2014
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