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| Comments: | The microcline can occur as pure white crystalline masses, sometimes as graphic granite with intergrown quartz, and fluoresces deep magenta-red (SW UV). A Mississippi Valley Type Deposit vein system was encountered circa 1992 and produced gemmy, oil-green |
| Quality of samples: | not specified / average specimens |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| References: | Common knowledge among local collectors. Ferro-axinite was analyzed and confirmed as that member of the group. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Diopside data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Limecrest Quarry, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA |
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