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Kyanite & Annite

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Kyanite & Annite

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Description
Locality: 
North Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.8 × 8.5 × 5.1 cm
Description

Black annite with some minor red spessartine encapsulates a vein of kyanite crystals, which was collected underground in the North Mine at the margin between the orebody and the country rock

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

Annite

Formula: 
KFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Rockport, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA
Earthstones Australia

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