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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: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.6 × 5.3 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
6.00cm
Description

Intense blue Kyanite up to 6 cm in quartz rich mica shist matrix from Sponda Alpe, Switzerland

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