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Valencianite & Quartz

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Valencianite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Valenciana Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.3 × 2.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Description

A miniature showing valencianite crystals, a variety of adularia, from the type locality at the Valenciana Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico. Accompanied by quartz crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Valencianite

Variety Of: 

Adularia

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Hardness: 
6 Ortho - clase
Hardness: 
0.0

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White