Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Kyanite & Paragonite

Views:
Watches:
CLB518400

Kyanite & Paragonite

Classic Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Sponda Alp-Pizzo Forno, Chironico Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.6 × 6.8 × 4.5 cm
Description

Pale blue, glossy kyanite crystals on matrix with some yellow-brown paragonite.Also some minor hessonite and other minerals present.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kyanite

Formula: 
Al2(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AF.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic Forms long bladed crystals.
Hardness: 
5.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
Colorless

Paragonite

Formula: 
NaAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Sponda Alp - Pizzo Forno, Chironico Valley, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps