Andalusite - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Depending on the P, T conditions, aluminosilicates Al 2 SiO 5 exhibit three polymorphs: andalusite, sillimanite, or kyanite (Fig. 7).The polymorphic transformations are sluggish because of the very low differences between their Gibbs free energies. All of the polymorphs share a common crystal structure, i.e., chains of AlO 6 edge-shared octahedra parallel to the c …