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Adularia

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Adularia

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Description
Locality: 
Knappenwand, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Artefact
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.40cm
Description

This is a fake from Knappenwand! The original probe itself hosts white adularia, overgrowing byssolite and small epidote crystals. The main epidote crystal and the two bunches of byssolite on the adularia are added with glue. Looks attractive but please be aware that this one is a fake. There also is an older collection number on the backside of the specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Adularia

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