mineral general info

Orthoclase (Baveno twin) with tourmaline and albite

Origin: Himalaya Mine, California, U.S.A.

Ex. Ernie Schlichter collection

Sample size: 8.6 x 6.4 x 5.1 cm

Adularia with chlorite

Origin: Schori, Wallis, Switzerland

Ex. M. Dodge collection

Sample size: 3 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm

Adularia with chlorite

Origin: Gotthard, Switzerland

Sample size: 6.5 x 6.4 x 4 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

Orthoclase pseudomorph after scapolite on epidote matrix

Origin: Highway 41 road cut, 6 miles east of Griffith, Ontario, Canada

Sample size: 4 x 7 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Diederik Visser

Origin: Itrongahy, Madagascar, Africa

Sample size: 3.7 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm

Photo courtesy of:

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co