Hey dear Hive community, first of all I would like to wish you all a pleasant day which was hopefully full of positive experiences. Today I would like to present you a mineral and hope you can learn something new.
The mineral with its small white crystals which can be seen here is called Pericline and it belongs to the mineral class of silicates. Furthermore, it is a variety of albite and it is a mineral of magmatic origin. It first became known in 1823 by the German mineralogist August Breithaupt (1791 - 1873) and the name is derived from the Greek from the word periklinis, which means inclined and the specimen I photographed has definitely an interesting appearance.
Occurrence is pretty much worldwide and the crystal structure is mostly glassy and it tends to twin formation. Among the best-known places of discovery are Sweden, Switzerland, Pakistan as well as North and South America and as an Albite variety it is equal in chemical composition but has a different form of appearance. Pericline can also be found with other minerals such as adular or quartz and I could not find out much about a special area of application, but I assume it is processed due to the same composition as albite for the production of ceramics as well as a pigment in colors and also as jewelry.
Many thanks for stopping by and watching! I captured the pictures with my Sony Alpha 6000 and 55-210mm lens!