Corundum in lazulite -
Traibach, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, Austria


           
Description: Blue lazulite, partly with color zoning, is crosscut by an apatite-muscovite veinlet (left).
Cracks contain grains and patches of bluish-grey corundum, partly altered to diaspor (right).
Locality: Traibach, Traibachgraben, Krieglach, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, Austria.
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Sample details: Collected 5.4.1998. Polished slab. Field of view 8 cm. Sample AN235 (TR002b).
last changes: 23.6.2005


Corundum-bearing crack in lazulite.
Field of view 1.9 cm.