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sanidine A triangular phase diagram shows the melting relationships among quartz, kalsilite, and forsterite, with labeled regions for minerals like cristobalite, protoenstatite, leucite, sanidine, and tridymite, and temperature lines marking melting points in degrees Celsius.
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Basalt sample returned by Apollo 15, from near a long sinous lunar valley called Hadley Rille. Measured at 3.3 years old.
(Bed) Rocks and (Flint) Stones

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Amethyst Galleries - Sanidine. Jan 25, 2018
Media added. Sep 30, 2010
Added new Web site: Smith College - Sanidine. Sep 30, 2008
Added new Web site: Mineralogy Database - Sanidine Mineral Data. Sep 30, 2008
Added new Web site: Mindat.org - Sanidine. Sep 30, 2008
Added new Web site: The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom - Sanidine. Sep 30, 2008
Added new Web site: Amethyst Galleries - Sanidine. Jun 06, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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