Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland

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Adularia : KAlSi₃O₈
	Pizzo Lucendro, Lucendro Valley, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland Field of view 10 mm. Collection M. Kampf No 05-127.
© 2005 M. Kampf	Photo ID: 39126 View Count: 382
Adularia : KAlSi₃O₈
	Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland Crystalline group with film of Clinochlore - Overall size 5x3,5x2,5cm - April of 2005
© Martins da Pedra	Photo ID: 43581 View Count: 381
Adularia : KAlSi₃O₈
	Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland Crystal with 3x2x1cm - August of 1985
© Martins da Pedra	Photo ID: 46036 View Count: 346
Adularia : KAlSi₃O₈, Chlorite Group
	Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland A cluster of adularia rhombohedrons tinted green with chlorite, a Swiss classic. A ding on one side but in very good shape overall. This was a ridge sticking out into the pocket so there are crystals all the way around it, with the only contact being a thin line along the bottom of the specimen where the ridge was attached. 6.5 x 6.4 x 4 cm
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Adularia : KAlSi₃O₈
	Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland Rock forming minerals such as feldspars are rarely collector-quality and even rarer to find them as gemmy crystals. This specimen incorporates several complex, intergrown crystals of gemmy white adularia to 5.8cm. It is of VERY rare quality and for its lustre and brightness is remarkable! The piece is contacted on one side and at a single point on ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 69391 View Count: 245
Adularia : KAlSi₃O₈, Quartz : SiO₂
	Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland Here we have a great "old time" Adularia specimen consisting of several sharp, lusrous, iron-stained, translucent crystals measuring up to 5.0 cm intermixed with gemmy Quartz crystals. This is a beautiful specimen for this very historic and well known region in Switzeland. 7.0 x 6.3 x 5.0cm
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 59673 View Count: 230
Adularia : KAlSi₃O₈, Clinochlore : (Mg,Fe²⁺)₅Al[(OH)₈\|AlSi₃O₁₀]
	Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland Crystal with Clinochlore filme - Overall size 3,5x3x2cm - April of 2005
© Martins da Pedra	Photo ID: 68339 View Count: 185
Adularia : KAlSi₃O₈
	Lucendro pass, Lucendro Valley, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland 42 x 35 x 24 mm. Manuscript label circa late 1800's. www.freilichminerals.com
© Joseph A. Freilich, LLC	Photo ID: 155298 View Count: 167
Adularia : KAlSi₃O₈
	St Gotthard pass area, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland 8.9 x 4.0 x 3.9 cm. A floater crystal of adularia from the Swiss Alps. It has lustrous faces and an unusual "bent" form, with subtle stepping on the side faces. There is an interesting zeolite association of micro stilbites and heulandites here. Alpine adularias (also known as "moonstone") are considered the best in the world.
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 135098 View Count: 158
Adularia : KAlSi₃O₈
	St Gotthard pass area, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland 4.4 x 5.1 x 3.5 cm. The best, and best-known, adularias are from the Swiss Alps. The crystals here (to 3.5 cm) are shimmering and translucent, with good luster, and are razor-sharp.
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 120165 View Count: 154
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