Chinese
Name:十字石
English Name:Staurolite
Chemical Composition:Fe2Al9(SiO4)4O7(OH)
Crystal System:Monoclinic
Hardness:7 - 7.5
SG:3.7
Related Chakra:Crown
Locality:Madagascar, Russia,
Swiss, Mexico, USA, France
Colour:Deep brown, red-brwon,
yellow-brown & black-brown
Remarks:Characteristic interpenetration
twinning. Metamorphic in regionally metamorphosed rocks, gneisses
and mica schists; Commonly associated with almandine, andalusite,
mica, quartz & kyanite.
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