A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Kyanite in schist |
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| Description | This sample contains kyanite (dark blue/green blades), muscovite (white mica), biotite (black mica) and quartz (white). Kyanite has composition Al2SiO5. The assemblage kyanite-mica-quartz is common in high-pressure metamorphosed aluminum rich rocks. This specimen is about 10 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ Massachusetts |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2001-04-24. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #3068. |
| Key words | kyanite, schist, Massachusetts |
| Tech details | 1017 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 387 |
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