Rosell Minerales

This locality is known for its production of "moonstone", extracted from altered pegmatites. It is an unpolished specimen, very crystalline, translucent, with slightly greenish tones, and a very characteristic light effect called adularescence. Thin alternating layers of orthoclase and albite create the light interference in this material that is responsible for this effect. Moonstone is a feldspar close to orthoclase and microcline.

Size: 5.2 x 3.1 x 1.6 cm.
Found in ± 1977.

Col. Joan Astor (Barcelona).
Fluorescent under long wave UV