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Chemical Composition:
Al2SiO5
Group: -
System: Triclinic
Family: Silicates
Hardness: 4 - 5
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- Elongated, tabular crystals
- Other colours: white, gray, green
- Heavy, fragile
- Transparent or translucent
- Infusible, insoluble in acids
- Found in: Austria, Brazil, France, Italy, Kenya,
Switzerland, USA
- Uses: manufacture of high-temperature porcelain
products, perfect electrical insulators and
acid-resistant products
- Common
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