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RM2245 Kyanite after andalucite
Touro - O Pino, A Coruña, Galícia, Spain
The specimens of this species have been known since ancient times as pseudomorphic kyanite after andalusite. Both species are polymorphic, so substitution is not a rare case. The label says "Santiago de Compostela", but from what we have investigated, it is the area of the Conceilhos de Touro and O Pino, to the E. of Santiago, where for decades this material was worked as kyanite. A piece with history ...
Size: 3.5 x 2 x 1.9 cm.
Found in ca. 1980.
Col. J. Astor (Barcelona).
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