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Sillimanite

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Description
Locality: 
Hincks Bridge, Lac-Sainte-Maire, Outaouais, Québec, Canada
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.5 × 0.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

Needles of clear sillimanite to 1.5 cm in a 1.0 mm thick layer of sillimanite on a piece of paragneiss containing other layers and lenses of sillimanite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sillimanite

Formula: 
Al2(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AF.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Chester, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA

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