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More model informationThe structure of microcline showing its ordered triclinic character. Silicate tetrahedra (blue) are arranged in an ordered fashion with interlinking AlO4 tetrahedra, chaging the struture to monoclinic (compare with the disorderd structure of sanidine). Potassium ions (purple) occupy the large ‘A’ site.
This model was uploaded via a vrml export from the freeware Vesta. Data for albite were downloaded from the American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database.
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