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Adularia & Chlorite

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Adularia & Chlorite

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Description
Locality: 
Pfitsch Valley, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.8 × 5.6 × 5.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.70cm
Description

A group of giant, twinned adularia crystals up to 4.7 cm on matrix, interspersed with smaller adularia crystals. All colored pale green by chlorite.

Little damage and a contact impression on the large crystal.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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