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Striated Sky Stone

A beautifully iridescent chunk of labradorite from Labrador at the Museum of Nature in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It stands about two hands high. Parallel twinning striations are diagnostic for plagioclase feldspar.

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Uploaded on April 10, 2011
Taken in March 2011