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Byssolite & Adularia

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Byssolite & Adularia

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Description
Locality: 
Griesseren Valley, Maderanertal, Uri, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 6 × 1.7 cm
Description

A matrix specimen of adularia covered by hairy satin-like needles of byssolite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Byssolite

Variety Of: 

Amphibole Supergroup

Formula: 
AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Hardness: 
0.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Adularia

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