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Adularia

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MGR743739

Adularia

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Pizzo Lucendro, Lucendro Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 4 × 3.2 cm
Description

The specimen is developed as floater - it consists of sharp termianted, lustrous adularia crystals. Some faces are just powdered with dark green chlorite,w hich helps to give a lot of contrast to the piece. The upper area of the main crystal show transparency - this is moon-stone quality. Lokks fine in various positions, no significant damages to report.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Adularia

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