Phosphoellenbergerite, Magnesiostaurolite, Rutile, Kyanite
Masueria, Gilba Valley, Brossasco, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
Phosphoellenbergerite: 2.87 mm long, azure, vitreous and transparent prism in association with a 0.75 mm orange crystal of magnesiostaurolite, kyanite in translucent yellow blades and very dark red (black in photo) and lustrous rutile in a pale pink pyrope matrix.
Specimen measuring 4.7x2.5 cm, self-collected on 13/8/2004.
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