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Staurolite – Keivy – Kola Peninsula – Russia

Staurolite (iron aluminum silicate hydroxide) – Keivy – Kola Peninsula – Russia – Mainly interesting for its twinning – Always crystallized often with two indivuals intergrown at right angles forming a cross – Sometimes used as amulets or ornaments -A fairly common metamorhic mineral

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