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Smoky Quartz & Adularia

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Smoky Quartz & Adularia

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Description
Locality: 
Giuv Valley, Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 4 × 3.4 cm
Description

An amazing combination of two minerals in excellent quality. Adularia shows razor sharp termination, the crystals show exceptional luster and they are transparent along their edges. Adularia crystals developed two lamellas and between there is a sharp terminated, highly lustrous, dark brown smoky quartz. The assemble is really breathtaking, aesthetics on highest level. Specimen is developed as floater, no significant damages to report.

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