kids encyclopedia robot

Image: Feldspar-Group-170604

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Feldspar-Group-170604.jpg ‎(600 × 549 pixels, file size: 106 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Description: Feldspar Locality: Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 9.3 x 8.4 x 3.8 cm. A BIG, RICH specimen of rare plumbian (lead-rich) feldspar, which gets its pretty, translucent light green color from the lead content. Some crystal faces are present, embedded, but it is mostly massive. Probably from the 1920s-1940s era.
Title: Feldspar-Group-170604
Credit: http://www.mindat.org/photo-170604.html
Author: Robert M. Lavinsky
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
License Link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
Attribution Required?: Yes

The following page links to this image:

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise.