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Adularia & Smoky Quartz

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Adularia & Smoky Quartz

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Knorrkogel, Matrei, Tyrol, Austria
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.3 × 8.7 × 3.8 cm
Description

The Adularia is sharp terminated, twinned and powdered with greenish chlorite - the dimension is remarkable! It is set on a well formed cluster of light smoky quartz crystals - great combination for the locality! The specimen is developed as floater. The edn-points of the smoky quartz crystals are not sharp, but they are all complete and consist of tiny stepped faces. Very aeshtetic assemble, rare combination and great contrast of dark adularia on lustrous smoky crystals!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Adularia

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

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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