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Kyanite

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Description
Locality: 
Sponda Alp-Pizzo Forno, Chironico Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 6 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.80cm
Description

Blue, prismatic, lustrous kyanite crystals up to 28 mm in size embedded in micaceous matrix, associated with brown, lustrous staurolite crystals up to 6 mm in size from the renowned Alpine locality Pizzo Forno, Switzerland. A very typical representative specimen from this Swiss locality.

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

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