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Staurolite is a
reddish brown to black,
mostly opaque,
nesosilicate mineral with a
white streak. It
crystallizes in the
monoclinic crystal system, has...
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minerals are
known as
index minerals.
Examples include sillimanite, kyanite,
staurolite, andalusite, and some garnet.
Other minerals, such as olivines, pyroxenes...
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minerals are
useful as well,
especially the
presence of the
polymorphs of
staurolite,
which occurs frequently with kyanite. However, the most
useful characteristic...
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mineral as are its
crystal face angles. For example,
crystals of
staurolite show
twinning at
angles of
almost precisely 90
degrees or 30 degrees....
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Spodumene Hiddenite (var.)
Kunzite (var.)
Triphane (var.)
Spurrite Staurolite Stibiotantalite Stichtite Stolzite Strontianite Strontium titanate Sulfur...
- muscovite, biotite, garnet,
sodic plagioclase Staurolite zone: quartz, muscovite, biotite, garnet,
staurolite,
plagioclase Kyanite zone: quartz, muscovite...
- (individual
crystals of
unusual size) of
distinctive minerals, such as garnet,
staurolite, kyanite, sillimanite, or cordierite.
Because schists are a very large...
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Sphalerite Spherocobaltite Spinel Spodumene Spurrite Stannite Stannoidite Staurolite Steacyite Stellerite Stephanite Stercorite Stib****n
Stibiconite Stibiopalladinite...
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honey bee Mammal: white-tailed deer
Marine mammal:
right whale Mineral:
staurolite Nicknames: "Peach State" "Empire
State of the South" Reptile:
gopher tortoise...
- Al2SiO5
Dumortierite – Al 6.5–7BO 3(SiO 4) 3(O,OH) 3
Topaz – Al2SiO4(F,OH)2
Staurolite – Fe2Al9(SiO4)4(O,OH)2
Humite group – (Mg,Fe)7(SiO4)3(F,OH)2 Norbergite...
