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Kyanite Ruby & Rutile

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Kyanite Ruby & Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Kleggåsen Ruby Quarry, Froland, Agder, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.6 × 1.6 cm
Weight: 
14.00gr
Description

Good representative specimen with the rare combination of tabular, UV fluorescent red ruby crystals, radial blue kyanite, and isolated lustrous brown rutile in a matrix rich in green fuchsite.

Collected by J.Sibtsen in 1975-77. Ex Jan Sibtsen collection.

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

Ruby

Variety Of: 

Corundum

Formula: 
Al2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
9.0
Formula: 
Al2O3
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
9.0
Colour: 
Red

Rutile

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal - Ditetragonal Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Rutile locality, Horcajuelo de la Sierra, Madrid, Spain

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