Orthoclase

Origin: Thomas Mountains, Juab County, Utah, U.S.A.

Ex. Ed Ruggiero collection

Sample size: 7.5 x 4.7 x 3.0 cm

Variety valencianite with quartz

Origin: La Valenciana Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico

Sample size: 10.6 x 10.2 x 4.5 cm

Origin: St. Gotthard, Switzerland

Sample size: 15.1 x 8.1 x 5.8 cm

Origin: Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan

Sample size: 17.4 x 14.8 x 13.2 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

Orthoclase pseudomorph after leucite

Origin: Loucna, Ostrov, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic

Sample size: 4.2 x 4.2 x 3.1 cm

Origin: Feldbach Valley, Binntal, Wallis, Switzerland

Sample size: 7.8 x 5 x 4.2 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich

SEM images

TEM images

vibrational spectra description

IR spectra

Raman spectra

N-IR spectra

F-IR spectra

IES spectra