adularia

Senso (Inglese)

A variety of orthoclase feldspar found as colorless to white prismatic crystals in cavities in metamorphic rocks. Some specimens reflect a bluish sheen along crystal faces. This phenomenon is called adularescence, and adularia with this property is called moonstone. (See sanidine).

sinonimi

adular

valencianite

Traduzioni

Adular

adulària

αδουλαίος

Etimologia (Inglese)

Named for the type locality at Adular, Switzerland.

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