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Andalusite

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Description
Locality: 
Lüsens Valley, Tyrol, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15 × 12 × 9 cm
Weight: 
1 332.00gr
Description

Andalusite from Lüsens, Austria.

An aesthetic and excellent crystalized example of a rare old classic austrian location.
Main crystal with size about 5 cm is located central and stick out of the matrix. Several more andalusite up to 3 cm spread over matrix.
Prismatic and sharp terminated crystals may be pseudomorph of pinite after andalusite.

From an old collection and hard to get nowadays.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Andalusite

Formula: 
Al2(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AF.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

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