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Andalusite is an aluminium nesosilicate mineral with the chemical formula Al2SiO5. This mineral was called andalousite by Delamétherie, who thought it came from Andalusia, Spain. It soon became clear that it was a locality error, and that the specimens studied were actually from El Cardoso de la Sierra, in the Spanish province of Guadalajara, not Andalusia.
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TTTA extracted 44 structured relationships around Andalusite. Examples in this analysis include Andalusite → 2V angle → 71–86° and Andalusite → Birefringence → δ = 0.009 – 0.010. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andalusite | 2V angle | 71–86° | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | Birefringence | δ = 0.009 – 0.010 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | Category | Nesosilicates | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | Cleavage | Good on {110}, poor on {100} | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | Color | Pink, violet, yellow, green, white, gray; in thin section, colorless to pink or green | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | Crystal class | Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | Crystal habit | As euhedral crystals or columnar aggregates having nearly square cross sections; fibrous compact to massive | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | Crystal system | Orthorhombic | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | Diaphaneity | Transparent to nearly opaque with inclusions | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | Dispersion | r < v strong | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | Formula | Al2SiO5 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | Fracture | uneven to subconchoidal | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | IMA symbol | And | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | Luster | Vitreous | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | Mohs scale hardness | 6.5–7.5 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | Optical properties | double refractive, biaxial negative; chiastolite has anomalous aggregate reaction. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | Pleochroism | strongly trichroic | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | Refractive index | nα = 1.629 – 1.640 nβ = 1.633 – 1.644 nγ = 1.638 – 1.650 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | Space group | Pnnm | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | Specific gravity | 3.17 (± .04) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | Streak | White | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | Strunz classification | 9.AF.10 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | Twinning | On {101}, rare | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | Ultraviolet fluorescence | non-fluorescent | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | Unit cell | a = 7.7980 Å, b = 7.9031 Å c = 5.5566 Å; Z = 4 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Andalusite | is a | aluminium nesosilicate mineral with the chemical formula Al2SiO5 | 0.90 | text |
| Andalusite | is a | aluminosilicate index mineral | 0.90 | text |
The concept neighborhoods around Andalusite bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Mineral, Green and Sillimanite. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Andalusite, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Andalusite with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Andalusite to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Applications, Occurrence & Varieties, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Andalusite · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout