Andalusite | SpringerLink
Andalusite is an aluminum silicate (Al 2 SiO 5), sharing its chemical composition with kyanite and sillimanite.These three minerals are polymorphs, and are often summarized as the sillimanite minerals. Andalusite is stable at pressures below 4 kbar, and is formed especially by low-grade metamorphism, by low-grade contact, or regional …