Orthoclase after Marialite

specimen number:
1602462

location:
Pitwak Mine, Sar-e-Sang River, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

description:
A loose blocky crystal of what was once meionite, this now replaced by white orthoclase. No points of attachment, this is crystallized all around and in great condition. The specimen is fluorescent under both longwave and shortwave ultraviolet light.

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