Microcline : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Microcline

Images

Photograph of a specimen of chkalovite and sodalite on a microcline matrix, from Tunuliarfik, Ilímaussaq, Greenland

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Shortwave and longwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of chkalovite (green) and sodalite (orange) on a microcline matrix, from Tunuliarfik, Ilímaussaq, Greenland

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Microcline (var. amazonite) specimen from Crystal Peak, Park Co., CO, USA

© Photo by Chip Clark, via Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Properties

Formula	KAlSi₃O₈
Abbreviation	Mcc
Classification	K feldspar
Member	Amazonite
Luminescence emitters	Fe, O, Pb, Tl
IMA Status	Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1830
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, fluomin.org, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Related materials	Orthoclase
Tags	Mineral, Aluminosilicate

Composition

Element	Atoms
K	1
Al	1
Si	3
O	8
Total:	13

References

Reference	Lines	Spectra	Images
Hamblen 2003	0	0	2
Kuzetsov and Tarashchan 1988	4	0	0