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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: 
10.5 × 8.5 × 5.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
10.50cm
Weight: 
506.00gr
Description

A fine example of large blue Kyanites up to 10.5 cm in Quartz and mica-rich matrix. Comes with a note: "Alpe Sponda, Ticino ? purchased from Toni Imhof, Binn/ CH". In my opinion this is a typical specimen from 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

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