🪨 Kyanite
Blue aluminum silicate mineral with distinctive blade-shaped crystals. Virginia's Willis Mountain and Georgia's Graves Mountain are notable US sources.
Best Places to Find Kyanite
Graves Mountain
Lincolnton, Georgia · Fee Dig
Famous mineral collecting site known for world-class rutile crystals, kyanite, and quartz. A classic southeastern rockhounding destination.
Golden Stake Mine
Lineville, Alabama · Fee Dig
Alabama Piedmont mine producing garnet and kyanite crystals. Part of the mineral-rich eastern Alabama region.
Virginia Unakite & Amazonite
Gretna, Virginia · Public Land
Piedmont region of Virginia for unakite, amazonite, and kyanite. Road cuts and creek beds produce beautiful specimens.
Virginia Kyanite Beds
Dillwyn, Virginia · Public Land
Buckingham County area for kyanite crystals. Virginia is the only state that mines kyanite commercially. Found in schist exposures.
Black Warrior River Sites
Tuscaloosa, Alabama · Public Land
Mines and pits along the Black Warrior River between Brookwood and Peterson in Tuscaloosa County. Produces agate, chalcedony, fossils, jasper, kyanite...