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kyanite
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kyanite

Aluminium silicate, Al2SiO5, a pale-blue mineral occurring as blade-shaped crystals. It is an indicator of high-pressure conditions in metamorphic rocks formed from clay sediments. Andalusite, kyanite, and sillimanite are all polymorphs (see polymorphism).


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