Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Smoky Quartz & Adularia

Views:
Watches:
MGR698609

Smoky Quartz & Adularia

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Breitkopf, Bramberg am Wildkogel, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 3.4 × 2.2 cm
Description

The specimen consists of intergrown smoky crytsals in a very dark, intense red-brown color. The crystals are water-clear and it didn´t need any backlight for photography. In the middle you can see intergrown adularia, which gives a lot fo contrast to the specimen. The group is very atrractive and shows countless amazing details front and back side. Should be high ranked for the arre East-alpine locality in the heart of the National Park "Hohe Tauern".

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0

Adularia

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