Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Andalusite

Views:
Watches:
TWH590065

Andalusite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.4 × 2.1 cm
Description

terminated andalusite with top cover by calcite and one side with mica crystal

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Andalusite

Formula: 
Al2(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AF.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
El Cardoso de la Sierra, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
JohnTu's Attic