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Perthite

Bumpus Quarry, Albany, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Perthite = an intergrowth of microcline and plagioclase (albite). Specimen is 5 cm across. P. Cristofono specimen and photo. Field collected May 14, 2006 on a Maine Mineral Symposium field trip.
 © 2006 Peter CristofonoPhoto ID: 61863    View Count: 858

Perthite

Waisanen Quarry (Tamminen-Waisanen Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

6 cm piece of perthite (microcline/albite intergrowth). P. Cristofono specimen and photo, field-collected 2006.
 © 2006 Peter CristofonoPhoto ID: 65737    View Count: 309

Perthite

Royalston, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA

Specimen is 22 mm long. P. Cristofono specimen and photo, field collected in 2008.
 © 2008 Peter CristofonoPhoto ID: 168533    View Count: 112

Perthite

Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo #1 pegmatite), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA

4 cm wide piece of perthite - an intergrowth of microcline and albite. P. Cristofono specimen and photo, field collected 2006.
 © 2006 Peter CristofonoPhoto ID: 62991    View Count: 270
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