Microcline from
Steli Feldspar Quarry, Tveit, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway

Description
Comments:	large crystals up usually with developed cystal faces (up to 6 m in length)separated by masses of quartz. The largest crystals found weighed more than 100 tons.
Habit:	large crystals usually with developed cystal faces separeted by masses of quartz
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Bjørlykke, H.( 1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Microcline data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Steli Feldspar Quarry, Tveit, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway

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