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Iron Rose & Adularia

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Iron Rose & Adularia

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
St Gotthard Massif, Ticino, Switzerland
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 3 × 2.7 cm
Description

This is really an alpine treasure! The piece is developed as floater - the base is a sharp terminated adularia crystal and on it you can see a well arranged group of highly lustrous, razor sharp terminated iron roses, which partly show an iridiscent layer. The assemble is very tri-dimensional and even much better in person. The photos show front, side and back-side of the specimen. No significant damages to report.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Iron Rose

Variety Of: 

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Adularia

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