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Kyanite Var Rhätizite

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Kyanite Var Rhätizite

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Description
Locality: 
Vizze Pass, San Giacomo, South Tirol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14.3 × 7.9 × 0.6 cm
Description

A platy specimen of pure, silvery white/gray rhätizite, a rare, local kyanite variety.

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

Rhätizite

Variety Of: 

Kyanite

Formula: 
Al2(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AF.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
5.0 - 7.0
Streak: 
White

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