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Pericline
Pericline
is a form of
albite
exhibiting
elongate
prismatic
crystals
.
Pericline
twinning
is
a type
of
crystal twinning
which
show
fine
parallel twin
laminae
typically found in the
alkali
feldspars
microcline
. The twinning
results
from a
structural
transformation
between high
temperature
and
low temperature
forms.