General Information: Chemical Formula:(K,Na)(Si,Al)4O8
Environment:Acid volcanic rocks.
Locality:Common world wide occurrences.
Name Origin:From the Greek sanis - "little plate" and idos - "to see."
Physical Properties: Cleavage:[001] Perfect, [010] Good
Color:colorless, white, gray, yellowish white, or reddish white.
Density:2.52
Diaphaniety:Transparent to translucent
Habits:Blocky - Crystal shape tends to be equant (e.g. feldspars)., Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline)., Massive - Granular - Common texture observed in granit e and other igneous rock.
Hardness:6 - Orthoclase
Luminescence:Non-fluorescent.
Luster:Vitreous - Pearly
Streak:white
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