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Ripidolite & Adularia

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Ripidolite & Adularia

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Description
Locality: 
Prato Valley, Prato, Lavizzara Valley, Ticino, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 4 × 3.9 cm
Description

This is a fine combo specimen with white adularia and black clusters of ripidolite, a variety of chlinochlore. Both species are sharp edged, high lustrous and mostly undamaged. A good specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ripidolite

Variety Of: 

Clinochlore

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Formula: 
(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8
Hardness: 
0.0

Adularia

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