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Sillimanite

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Sillimanite

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Description
Locality: 
Premosello Chiovenda, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 5 × 4.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Fine blue-greyish crystal of sillimanite in pegmatite matrix, from a classic italian locale. Quite uncommon specie, known in few locales in the world, and besides this, not easy to be find in well represented crystals like in this case.

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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The item can be returned for whichever reason, provided its original conditions, and within 10 days from its delivery to the Buyer. In the case of returning, the Buyer will be entitled to the refund of the item price; shipping costs will remain at the Buyer's charge in any case.