What is the unique characteristic of Microcline among its varieties?
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The question is asking about the unique characteristic that distinguishes Microcline from its varieties. It lists multiple choices, indicating it's a multiple-choice question about the mineral Microcline and its features.
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Distinctive plaid (cross-hatched) twinning with twin domains.
The unique characteristic of Microcline is its distinctive plaid (cross-hatched) twinning with twin domains that pinch and swell.
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The unique characteristic of Microcline is its distinctive plaid (cross-hatched) twinning with twin domains that pinch and swell.
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Microcline's distinctive plaid twinning results from the ordered arrangement of aluminum and silicon atoms in its crystal lattice, which is different from other K-feldspar minerals.
Sources
- Microcline - Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org
- Microcline - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics - sciencedirect.com
- Microcline: Mineral information, data and localities. - mindat.org
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