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Andalusite

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Description
Locality: 
Ringelsfelsen, Waldsassen, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 6.5 × 4.5 cm
Description

Thick brownish pink! andalusite on matrix. A very attractive and old time specimen from 1967.

 

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
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