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sunstone

brown-orange plagioclase (oligoclase, mainly) feldspar variety with hematite
Class type of: feldspar Q2729026

Facts

3 properties
Subclass of
feldspar[1]
Described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[3]
Twinning
polysynthetic twinning[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en aventurine feldspar en sunstone ar حجر الشمس de Aventurin-Feldspat de Sonnenstein fa سنگ خورشید fr Heliolite fr héliolite fr Pierre de soleil he אבן שמש id Biduri surya ja サンストーン ja ヘリオライト ja 日長石 ko 일장석 nl helioliet pl Kamień słoneczny pl Skaleń awenturynowy tr Güneş taşı uk Сонячний камінь
🔖 Identifiers · 7
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Oligoclase-Sunstone from India2.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/06fy5t
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
aventurinfeltspat
Kivid.info ID
1265
Mindat mineral ID
10984
Minerals.net mineral and gemstone ID
gemstone/sunstone_gemstone
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
15089127-n

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Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Subclass of 1
feldspar
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