AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Pakistan > Orthoclase var. Adularia with Actinolite and Clinozoisite-Epidote |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 81257 |
Mineral: | Orthoclase var. Adularia with Actinolite and Clinozoisite-Epidote |
Locality: | Hashupi, Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
Description: | Lustrous translucent white adularia crystals, the low-temperature variety of orthoclase feldspar, to 30 mm on a double-sided plate covered with acicular translucent green actinolite crystals with scattered greenish-brown clinozoisite-epidote to 2 mm. |
Overall Size: | 6.5x4.5x3 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 30 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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