Switch currency

Dolomite & Hematite On Adularia

Views:
Watches:
TBM1131704

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
St Gotthard Pass Area, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 4 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.10cm
Weight: 
22.00gr
Description

Very nice Dolomite crystals up to 11 mm with cluster of Hematite crystals up to 2 mm on Adularia crystals matrix up to 5 mm

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Adularia

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