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Kyanite In Paragonite

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Kyanite In Paragonite

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Description
Locality: 
Borisovskie Sopki, Plast, Plastovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 3.3 × 2.2 cm
Description

Nice kyanite in green paragonite

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

Paragonite

Formula: 
NaAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Sponda Alp - Pizzo Forno, Chironico Valley, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland