Mineral: Gneiss
Color: Grey, Orange
Country: Finland
Year: 1986
Set: Finland - 1986
Rapakivi granite from Finland. Rapakivi means "crumbly rock" in Finnish. It is a very rare form of granite formed with large round crystals of pink orthoclase in grey oligoclase. Rapakivi stones have been used to build the medieval churches of the Aland islands in the Baltic Sea.
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