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Kyanite With Fuchsite & Rutile

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Kyanite With Fuchsite & Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Baker Mountain Mine, Madisonville, Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States of America
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.2 × 3.2 × 2.6 cm
Description

A very beautiful color combination of blue kyanite, green fuchsite, a little brown rutile and a hint of white quartz.

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

Fuchsite

Variety Of: 

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Formula: 
K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2
Hardness: 
0.0

Rutile

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal - Ditetragonal Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Rutile locality, Horcajuelo de la Sierra, Madrid, Spain

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