Orthoclase

  

Baveno twin

Origin: Tahara, Ena Dist., Gifu Prefecture, Honshu, Japan

Ex. Meieran Coll.

Sample size: 9.0 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm

 

  

Adularia

Origin: Alchuri, Baltistan, Pakistan

Sample size: 4.8 x 3.6 x 3.5 cm

 

  

Adularia with quartz

Origin: Schemnitz, Slovakia

Sample size: 8.2 x 6.8 x 3.1 cm

 

  

 

     

Origin: Lago Maggiore, Baveno, Lombardy, Italy

Sample size: 5.1 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm (top), 5.5 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm (bottom)

 

 

Origin: Nieosla, Basha Valley, Baltistan, Pakistan

Sample size: 6.9 x 6.3 x 5.9 cm

 

  

Twinned adularia

Origin: St. Gothard, Switzerland

Sample size: 10 x 7.5 x 5.5 cm

 

  

Origin: Bulochi, Gilgit, Pakistan

Sample size: 7 x 6 x 3.5 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Chlorite coated adular twin

Origin: Obersulzbachtal, Salzburg, Austria

Sample size: 2.5 x 3 cm

 

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