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Smoky Quartz & Adularia

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Smoky Quartz & Adularia

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Description
Locality: 
Galenstock, Tiefenbach, Urseren, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5.3 × 4 cm
Description

This specimen shows exceptional aesthetics: smoky quartz and adularia on matrix! The crystals are highly lustrous, glassy and with a good smoky color! There is a main crystal in the middle and several smaller crystals that have grown around it. In between, small, shiny white adularias have grown sporadically. This nice specimen was found in summer 2020.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0

Adularia

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