$350.00 €302 £260.00 approx. This specimen is priced in US dollars, all other prices are approximate.
This fabulous combination of Titanite on Adularia coated with Chlorite is such a characteristic Alpine specimen and comes from the Medel Gorge in Grischun, Switzerland. The Titanite forms highly translucent rich lime-green crystals to 2.8 cm long, some of which are twinned to form V-shaped spears with butterfly-wings. These sit on rhombic Adularia crystals to over 1 cm, Adularia being a low temperature variety of Orthoclase Feldspar. The Adularia crystals are associated with the micro-crystalline Chlorite in three ways; dark green Adularia completely included with Chlorite; white-grey Adularia dusted with Chlorite and Adularia completely masked by an overgrowth of intensely dark green Chlorite. A great Swiss specimen mounted vertically on a square acrylic base.