Andalusite from
Cornwall Mines (Cornwall Iron Mine), Cornwall, Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Description
Comments:	According to "Mineralogy of Pennsylvania 1966-1975", Robert C. Smith, Andalusite has been removed from the list of occurrences in Pennsylvania. All existing specimens tested by x-ray powder diffraction proved to be Kyanite pseudos (M. L. Crawford, 1975).
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Erroneously Reported
References
References:	Lapham & Geyer, 1965. Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania Mineralogy of Pennsylvania 1966-1975, Robert C. Smith, pg. 3
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Andalusite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Cornwall Mines (Cornwall Iron Mine), Cornwall, Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania, USA

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