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Andalusite - Chete-Canete, Bregaglia Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
(#:MINS7845)
A good representative specimen of this hard to find material from the famous Bregaglia Valley in Italy. The piece features sharp, somewhat blocky, dark pinkish colored crystals up to 1,8 cm tall
Classic old italian Alpine stuff.
Formula :
Al
2
[O/SiO
4
]
System:
orthorhombic
Hardness:
6½-7
Rarity:
not common
Strunz id:VIII/B.2-20 - SILICATES
Name origin:
Named by Jean-Claude Delamétherie in 1798 for the supposed type locality, "Andalusia region", Spain, although he seems to have been not very familiar with spanish geography and the type locality is not in Andalusia.
Specimen weight:90 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,8 cm tall
Overall size: 62mm x 25 mm x 50 mm
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