Mineral Refractories Low Price Sillimanite Stone

With the help of skilled professionals and good knowledgeable experience, we are involved in supplying, exporting and trading quality-assured spectrum of low price Sillimanite Stone in Berhampur, Odisha, India. Sillimanite is one of three alumino-silicate polymorphs, the other two being andalusite and kyanite. A common variety of sillimanite is known as fibrolite, so named because the mineral appears like a bunch of fibres twisted together when viewed in thin section or even by the naked eye. Both the fibrous and traditional forms of sillimanite are common in metamorphosed sedimentary rocks.

It is an index mineral indicating high temperature but variable pressure. Example rocks include gneiss and granulite. It occurs with andalusite, kyanite, potassium feldspar,almandine, cordierite, biotite and quartz in schist, gneiss, hornfels and also rarely in pegmatites.