Microcline (Var: Amazonite) - Tanakami-yama (Tanokami-yama), Japan

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specimen
Microcline (Var: Amazonite)
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Details
ColorsGrey
SizeMiniature
Dimensions3.2 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm
Description
This is a very rare Japanese specimen. Pretty much anything from Japan is now very hard to obtain, even the more common Japanese "classics" such as rhodochrosite or stibnite. Here is a very rare amazonite, the blue variety of microcline. The crystals are wonderfully sharp, and the overall form is pretty too.
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