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Titanite Adularia & Chlorite

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Titanite Adularia & Chlorite

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Description
Locality: 
Felber Valley, Mittersill, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.3 × 7.1 × 5.1 cm
Description

Sphen and adularia from the Felber Valley, Austria.

This specimen has an interesting composition and a nice combination of sphen, mostly growing on adularia and in good contrast there is small chlorite.

It is a "floater" specimen (fotos from front and back side) and there are dozens of sphen crystals on the whole matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Titanite

Formula: 
CaTi(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AG.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Titanite occurrence, Hauzenberg, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Adularia

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6 Ortho - clase

Chlorite

Synonym Of: 

Chlorite Group

Group Parent: 
Chlorite
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2 - 2.5
Colour: 
Green, Grey, Brown
Streak: 
colourless

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