Orthoclase, Muscovite, adularia

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Orthoclase with muscovite covered with adularia crystals, 4.5 cm, from Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Top: under shortwave ultraviolet light. Purchased from Stonetrust; photo by Reynard and Seideman.

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SizeMiniature
Dimensions4.5 cm
Added on02/13/2026
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collections In American Northeast page 288

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Mineral guide
Learn about Orthoclase
classic potassium feldspar with colors from colorless to pink; famed for Carlsbad, Baveno and Manebach twins and Alpine adularia in clefts.
Regional guide
Orthoclase from Alchuri
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