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Kyanite

High-Mg-Al granulite (gedrite, kyanite/sillimanite, sapphirine, corundum, plagioclase)
Kiranur, Tamil Nadu, India
Source: Thin section collection M.M. Raith
Photos: MMR
Comments and references:
Replacement of kyanite by sillimanite
 
  PPL

Pseudomorph; no remains of kyanite
 
 
  +Pol

Pseudomorph; no remains of kyanite
 

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Sillimanite pseudomorph after kyanite
 

Width of view   Pol orientation
 
 4 mm
   
 W-E
     

Kyanite
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