Andalusite (Chadbourne Coll.)

Lusens valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
Small Cabinet, 8.9 x 7.8 x 5.8 cm
Start Time: 07/23/2015 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 07/30/2015 6:39:21 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

An old-time, classic pair of blocky, gray to olive-brown andalusite crystals on quartz and biotite schist matrix from a famous Austrian locality - Lusens Valley, Tyrol. The terminated crystals reach 5.6 cm. The andalusites are lustrous and are partially translucent. The crystals are probably pseudomorphs of pinite after andalusite. Ex E.R. Chadbourne Collection, a prominent New England collector (1855->1932).

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