noun
definition
A dark brown nesosilicate mineral that has crystals that cross and intergrow
Examples of staurolite in a Sentence
Those rocks which contain andalusite and staurolite are sometimes found in such associations as show that they are due to contact action by intrusive igneous masses.
African locality must be mentioned.; considerable finds were reported in 1905 and 1906 from gravels at Somabula near Gwelo in Rhodesia where the diamond is associated with chrysoberyl, corundum (both sapphire and ruby), topaz, garnet, ilmenite, staurolite, rutile, with pebbles of quartz, granite, vIII.
Staurolite is partly enveloped by large andalusite, which could have nucleated at similar time to staurolite.