A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Hyalophane with muscovite |
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| Description | Hyalophane is a member of the feldspar group. It is found in magmatic and contact metamorphic enviroments. Hyalophanes chemical formula is (K,Ba)Al(Si,Al)3O8. Its name comes from the Greek hyalos meaning “glass” and phanos meaning “to appear”. |
| Location | USA ▹ Maine. Near Stoneham. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2002-09-13. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1655. |
| Key words | hyalphane, muscovite, feldspar |
| Tech details | 346 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 2911 |
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