Mineral Species
Microcline
Type Locality
No
Composition
KAlSi3O8
Crystal System
Triclinic
Status at Tsumeb
Confirmed
Abundance
Somewhat rare
Distribution
Country rocks (feldspathic sandstone)
Paragenesis
Rock-forming (detrital)
Entry Number
Species; TSNB239
General Notes
Microcline occurs as a detrital mineral in the feldspathic sandstone, derived from sediments of the Tschudi Formation (Lombaard et al. 1986).
Associated Minerals
albite; almandine; anorthite; biotite series; calcite; clinochlore; epidote; fluorapatite; graphite; ilmenite; kaolinite; magnetite; montmorillonite; muscovite; orthoclase; quartz; rutile; titanite; tourmaline supergroup; zircon
