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Title:
Amazonite
Object name(s):
Mineralogical Collection The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Feldspars
Brief description:
Cleavage fragment of Amazonite. Mineral is a pale green and white in colour (almost speckled) with a rhombohedral cleavage shape. Pearly- vitreous lustre, hardness of 6, white streak. Amazonite is a green variety of microcline.
Collection:
University of St Andrews
Object name:
Mineralogical Collection The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Feldspars
Object number:
GE12536
Responsible department/section:
GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3e1a059f-ffca-3be4-a019-60b4461f5829

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3e1a059f-ffca-3be4-a019-60b4461f5829, University of St Andrews, CC BY-NC

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