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Chemical Composition:
KAlSi3O8
Group: Feldspar
System: Monoclinic
Family: Silicates
Hardness: 6
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- Prismatic, columnar or tabular crystals
- Light, fragile
- Transparent to translucent
- Insoluble in acids, except hydrochloric acid
- Fuses with difficulty
- Found in: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy,
Japan, Scotland, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden,
Switzerland, former USSR
- Uses: when pure - special porcelains and opalescent
glass, finely ground and mixed with detergent as a
scouring powder
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