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Ross Island, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

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Anorthoclase : (Na,K)[AlSi3O8]

Mt Erebus, Ross Island, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

Crystal is 23mm. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin
Photo ID: 63866    View Count: 536

Anorthoclase : (Na,K)[AlSi3O8]

Mt Erebus, Ross Island, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

Harvard Mineralogical Museum specimen nos. 117912, 1171916. Label is about 5.5 cm across. P. Cristofono photo.
 © 2007 Peter CristofonoPhoto ID: 119460    View Count: 296

Multiple photos availableAnorthoclase : (Na,K)[AlSi3O8]

Mt Erebus, Ross Island, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

5cm x1.5cm x 0.75cm crystal from Mt. Erebus.
 © Cory BoehnePhoto ID: 186383    View Count: 126

Anorthoclase : (Na,K)[AlSi3O8]

Mt Erebus, Ross Island, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

4.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm. Unless you have been to Antarctica or know someone who has, this is a rarely available mineral species and specimen. This is a euhedral, tannish-gray anorthoclase feldspar crystal from Mt. Erebus, on Ross Island. This flattened, floater crystal is pristine. Mt. Erebus Volcano (3794m) is home to the world’s only persistently ...
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 219058    View Count: 94

Anorthoclase : (Na,K)[AlSi3O8]

Mt Erebus, Ross Island, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

A single crystal of anorthoclase 5.75cm long x 1.5cm tall.

Rick Dalrymple Collection.
Adrienne McElwain Photo.
 © Rockpick Legend Co.Photo ID: 255664    View Count: 29

Anorthoclase : (Na,K)[AlSi3O8]

Mt Erebus, Ross Island, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

A cluster resembling a desert rose of anorthoclase.

Acquired from a blaster working there last summer.

3cm wide x 2.5cm.

Rick Dalrymple Collection.
Adrienne McElwain Photo.
 © Rockpick Legend Co.Photo ID: 255659    View Count: 28

Anorthoclase : (Na,K)[AlSi3O8]

Mt Erebus, Ross Island, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

A cluster of anorthoclase 3cm wide.

Rick Dalrymple Collection.
Adrienne McElwain Photo.
 © Rockpick Legend Co.Photo ID: 255660    View Count: 17

Anorthoclase : (Na,K)[AlSi3O8]

Mt Erebus, Ross Island, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

A single crystal 5cm x 2.5cm.

Rick Dalrymple Collection.
Adrienne McElwain Photo.
 © Rockpick Legend Co.Photo ID: 255662    View Count: 15

Anorthoclase : (Na,K)[AlSi3O8]

Mt Erebus, Ross Island, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

A single anorthoclase crystal 6cm x 3cm.

Rick Dalrymple Collection.
Adrienne McElwain Photo.
 © Rockpick Legend Co.Photo ID: 255663    View Count: 14

Augite : (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]

Ross Island, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

Small augite crystals that would go unremarked if they were not from a rather exotic locality. Specimens are from the British Museum of Natural History #1930,205 (1975). Scale at bottom of image is an inch with a rule at one cm.
Photo ID: 217881    View Count: 123
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