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adularia

more ordered low-temperature (alpine) variety of orthoclase or partially disordered microcline
Class type of: potassium feldspar Q2312101

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
mineral variety
Subclass of
potassium feldspar
Described by source
Belarusian encyclopedia[6]
IMA status and/or rank
discredited mineral (D)[4]
Named after
Adula Massif[3]
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
9.FA.30[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en adularia cs Adulár de Adularia de Adular el Αδουλαίος fa آدولر fi Adulaari fr Barium-adulaire fr Adulaire fr Hectolite fr Orthose chatoyant fr Orthose nacré fr Valencianite nl adulaar ru адуляр ru лунный камень uk Місячник
🔖 Identifiers · 9
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
AdulaireSuisse2.jpg ↗
Elhuyar ZTH ID
008346
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/adularia
Freebase ID
/m/081dcd
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
adularia
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0075117
Kivid.info ID
1060
Mindat mineral ID
28 (28–39k, n=3)
Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID
materias/1001000

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 1
mineral variety
Named after 1
Adula Massif
Subclass of 1
potassium feldspar
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Summary

adularia is a mineral variety[1]. adularia is a type of potassium feldspar[2].

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  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Ueschar · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Belarusian encyclopedia
    Subclass of → potassium feldspar
    Named after → Adula Massif
    Instance of → mineral variety
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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