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Titanite On Adularia

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Titanite On Adularia

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Teufelsmühle, Habach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 5.2 × 2 cm
Description

Shiny yellow-green titanite in combination of high-gloss colorless adular crystals. This specimen has grown as undamaged floater specimen. The backside is completely covered with chlorite. This old specimen comes from the Albert Strasser collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Titanite

Formula: 
CaTi(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AG.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Titanite occurrence, Hauzenberg, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Adularia

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6 Ortho - clase