Staurolite | Fairy Cross Crystal | Russia | SO24 Clinozoisite Shape: Flower Shape (Half Drilled)

Shape: Flower Shape (Half Drilled)

Age: Middle Jurassic

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Staurolite | Fairy Cross Crystal | Russia | SO24 Clinozoisite Shape: Flower Shape (Half Drilled)These great specimens of Staurolite come from Keivy, in the Kola Peninsula, Russia. The staurolite is twinned, with the intersecting crystals forming a "Fairy Cross". Staurolite is a common metamorphic mineral famous for its twinned crystals that form into the shape of a cross. Its name comes from the Greek word for cross. The twin is a classic penetration twin where it appears as if two crystals grew into and out of each other. It actually forms two