Azul Aran
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Petrography
Pegmatite is gait-type deposited coarse to giant grain, deposited gait-type form in deep rocks with feldspars, quartz and some mica. In addition, they often contain rare minerals and precious stones with beautifully shaped crystals. Pegmatite gaits seldom reach widths of over 10 m thickness in the base rocks. Azul Aran is a special case, as it shows a relatively uniform structure over a large extent: Blue-grey, very coarse-crystalline areas of potash feldspar and transparent quartz alternate with also coarse-crystalline white feldspars and inclusions of up to 5 cm in size, black-grey biotite needles (dark mica). Finely distributed muscovite scales (light mica) give the rock a silvery shine. Despite its optical advantages, Azul Aran shows two disadvantages: On the one hand, brown discolouring may occur around the iron-containing biotite and on the other hand, mica scales continue to brake off during sawing and polishing from not dimensioned plates and bottom plates und small craters appear.
Petrogenesis
Pegmatite is interpreted as residual melts, which entered at the start of cooling down into the clefts and gaits after the granite magma had risen and slowly crystallised there. Due to special geo-chemical circumstances, 'giant crystals' formed from feldspar, quartz and mica. Azul Aran is an exception, as it is an unusually large deposit of Pegmatite. It is assumed that the residual melt entered in the shape of a hilltop into the lower portion of the granite magma and made space for itself, as the boundary areas of the granite were melted again due to the high temperature.
| Price group | 4a |
|---|---|
| Colour | white |
| Hardness | Hard Stone |
| Structure Type | Slab with Irregular Pattern |
| Outdoor | suitable |
| Synonyms | Salvador, Silver Blue, Valdaran |
| Group | Granite |
| Petrographic Assignment | Granit/Granite |
| Age | 320 million years (carboniferous) |
| Deposit | Spanien |
| Novelty | No |
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