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Sillimanite

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Description
Locality: 
Leuchtenberg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.4 × 4.1 × 3.2 cm
Description

Very nice specimen of massive acicular sillimanite from a mountain near the famous Hagendorf mine in Bavaria.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sillimanite

Formula: 
Al2(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AF.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Chester, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA

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