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Kyanite

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Description
Locality: 
Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Bahia, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
16.5 × 5.5 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
8.00cm
Weight: 
630.00gr
Description

Blue kyanite crystals up to 8 cm length associated with minor yellowish quartz. This is a very nice colored, contrasty and very rich kyanite specimen from the famous locality Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta in Minas Gerais Brazil.

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