About AdulariaHide

Formula:KAlSi3O8Crystal System:MonoclinicName:Named in 1780 by Ermenegildo Pini for

the type locality, the Adula Massif (part of the Gotthard massif), Switzerland.
A variety of K Feldspar

A more ordered low-temperature variety of Orthoclase or partially disordered

Microcline. Individual localities should be verified because the adularia
structural state is nearly equally represented by microcline and orthoclase
specimens. Generally found in alpine-type parageneses.

Originally described from the Adula Massif, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland.

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