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Orthoclase var. Adularia pseudomorphs after Heulandite or Glauberite from Wester Cochno, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland

 
Orthoclase var. Adularia pseudomorphs after Heulandite or Glauberite from Wester Cochno, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Orthoclase var. Adularia pseudomorphs after Heulandite or Glauberite from Wester Cochno, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Orthoclase var. Adularia pseudomorphs after Heulandite or Glauberite from Wester Cochno, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Orthoclase var. Adularia pseudomorphs after Heulandite or Glauberite from Wester Cochno, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland

DESCRIPTION:No. 82102
Mineral:Orthoclase var. Adularia pseudomorphs after Heulandite or Glauberite
Locality:Wester Cochno, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Description:Lustrous transparent-to-translucent pinkish-beige adularia epimorphs after glauberite or laumontite (looks very similar to prehnite pseudomorphs after glauberite from New Jersey!). The adularia epimorphs are hollow where the original mineral dissolved. Collected by John Lawson (1942-2024) and Robert Lawson
Overall Size:25x22x15 mm
Crystals:2-9 mm pseudos
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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