Chloritoid

Grayish chloritoid in paragonite
Origin: Drandorf Fundgrube Mine, Bockau, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Picture size: 4 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

Small black crystals in micaschist
Origin: Selleriès, Dora Maira Massif, Italy
Sample size: 4 x 6 cm
 
Black 5-10 mm sized chloritoid crystals in muscovite matrix
Origin: Melnikkar, Halteeiner Sonnblick, Kärnten, Austria
Sample size: 2 x 4.5 cm

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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