Lustrous Blue Kyanite In Quartz

Lustrous Blue Kyanite In Quartz from Mammy Kyanite Prospect, Spruce Pine Mica Mining District, Yancey County, North Carolina

Collection

John Betts - Fine Minerals

Description

Lustrous lath-like Kyanite crystals in brown Limonite-stained Quartz. The main Kyanite crystal is brown on the lower two-thirds, but grades to deep blue color on the upper third. Collected in 2012 by William (Beryl Bill) Nice.


Cut

6.5 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm.

Locality

Mammy Kyanite Prospect, Spruce Pine Mica Mining District, Yancey County, North Carolina


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