Orthoclase gallery

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ORTHOCLASE var. Adularia Mine Falls Park, Nashua, NH 0.3mm orthoclase var. adularia crystals	Species: ORTHOCLASE var. Adularia KAlSi₃O₈ Locality: Mine Falls Park, Nashua, NH Specimen Size: 0.3mm orthoclase var. adularia crystals Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: Notes: Not an outstanding example of this species for New Hampshire. A voucher photo for this species at Mine Falls Park.
ORTHOCLASE var Adularia Rt. 101 - 101A road cut, Amherst, NH 8 mm field of view. Adularia (pink) with epidote (green), babingtonite (black) and prehnite (white fan)	Species: ORTHOCLASE var Adularia Locality: Rt. 101 - 101A road cut, Amherst, NH Specimen Size: 8 mm field of view. Adularia (pink) with epidote (green), babingtonite (black) and prehnite (white fan) Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u320 Notes:
ORTHOCLASE var. Adularia Rt. 3 Rock fill site, Merrimack, NH Largest adularia crystal is 3.5 mm	Species: ORTHOCLASE var. Adularia Locality: Rt. 3 Rock fill site, Merrimack, NH Specimen Size: Largest adularia crystal is 3.5 mm Field Collected: Tom Mortimer - 2008 Catalog No.: 1912 Notes: Locality was approximately east side 127 DW Highway. Rock fill likely came from nearby Audley quarry, approx one mile to west. Site is now graded over.
ORTHOCLASE Franconia Iron Mine, Ore Hill, Lisbon, NH 1.7 cm cluster of orthoclase crystals	Species: ORTHOCLASE Locality: Franconia Iron Mine, Ore Hill, Lisbon, NH Specimen Size: 1.7 cm cluster of orthoclase crystals Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: u1469 Notes:
ORTHOCLASE var. Adularia Pike Quarry, Hooksett, NH 6 mm field of view	Species: ORTHOCLASE var. Adularia Locality: Pike Quarry, Hooksett, NH Specimen Size: 6 mm field of view Field Collected: Tom Mortimer - 2014 Catalog No.: u1480 (e.g.) Notes: The backside of this specimen has micro quartz crystals with blue anatase. At the Hookset Quarry, anatase is only VERY rarely found on adularia, rather almost always on the micro quartz.
ADULARIA - K Feldspar Pike Industries Quarry, Beech Hill, Carroll, NH. 1.0 mm ball of adularia crystals with green actinolite.	Species: ADULARIA - K Feldspar Locality: Pike Industries Quarry, Beech Hill, Carroll, NH. Specimen Size: 1.0 mm ball of adularia crystals with green actinolite. Field Collected: Woody Thompson Catalog No.: u2365 Notes: Only ball I found like this on samples given to me by Woody. Unknown whether orthoclase or microcline, but I will include this photo in the orthoclase gallery.
ORTHOCLASE var. ADULARIA Audley Quarry, Merrimack, NH 8 mm field of view	Species: ORTHOCLASE var. ADULARIA Locality: Audley Quarry, Merrimack, NH Specimen Size: 8 mm field of view Field Collected: Tom Mortimer Catalog No.: TBC Notes: Rhombic, prismatic, adularia crystals to 1 mm. EDS confirmed as K feldspar. The zygadite variety of albite may have a similar appearance, so this motovated an EDS analysis, BC371 set 28.
ORTHOCLASE var. Adularia Rt. 110 road-side ledge, Dummer, NH 10 mm field of view.	Species: ORTHOCLASE var. Adularia Locality: Rt. 110 road-side ledge, Dummer, NH Specimen Size: 10 mm field of view. Field Collected: Tom Mortimer - 2008 Catalog No.: u869 Notes: