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Andalusite

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Description
Locality: 
Teuchlbach Valley, Penk, Kreuzeck, Carinthia, Austria
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14.5 × 7 × 6 cm
Description

This is a classic and very good andalusite specimen from Armin Wendland collection.

Large, sharp and redbrown andalusite crystals in quartz-shist matrix.

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