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The feldspar group

ALBITE

ANORTHITE

ANORTHOCLASE

CELSIAN

HYALOPHANE

MICROCLINE

OLIGOCLASE

ORTHOCLASE

 

The scapolite group

MARIALITE

MEIONITE

 

The zeolite group

ANALCIME

CHABAZITE

HEULANDITE

LAUMONTITE

NATROLITE

STILBITE

THOMSONITE

 

Silicates with unknown structures

BOSTWICKITE

NEOTOCITE

WAWAYANDAITE

ORTHOCLASE

KAlSi3O8 
Monoclinic

Orthoclase, a potassium aluminum silicate mineral of the feldspar group, is relatively rare at Franklin and unreported from Sterling Hill. Frondel (1972) mentions its occurrence as yellowish white to brownish masses in the calcium silicate units at Franklin, grading into hyalophane, which is more abundant. Little is known of its occurrence or paragenesis.

 

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CHAPTER 19. TECTOSILICATES AND SILICATES WITH UNKNOWN STRUCTURE