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Titanite Adularia & Clinochlore

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Titanite Adularia & Clinochlore

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Description
Locality: 
Maggia Valley, Ticino, Switzerland
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Light brown titanite crystals with dark green chlinochlore crystals and white adularia

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Titanite

Formula: 
CaTi(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AG.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Titanite occurrence, Hauzenberg, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Adularia

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

Clinochlore

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
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