Feldspars
Azimuth 2026-04-12
Summary:
Returning from a trip to New Mexico to explore some Puebloan ruins, I picked up this beautiful chunk of labradorite in the town of Quartzsite. This mineral creates an eerie blue shimmer in the sunlight: a phenomenon called ‘labradorescence’. Reading up on it, I discovered it’s a form of feldspar. 60% of the Earth’s […]