page_title: Leventina District
hierarchical_section_title: Leventina District
caption_attribution_description: English: Kyanite Locality: Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 7.8 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm. This specimen features a 6 cm-long, doubly-terminated kyanite in contrasting silvery mica matrix, from the classic old locality in Switzerland. The color is outstanding and this is a good kyanite by any standard, modern and Brazilian included. I'd not seen so good from Switzerland before and couldn't believe this when I saw it, but there is an old label on the back to prove it. From the rarities suite of Lawrence Conklin, who exchanged it from the American Museum of Natural History. Deutsch: Kyanit Fundort: Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Kanton Tessin, Schweiz (Fundort bei mindat.org) Größe: 7.8 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm.
context_page_description: The Leventina District is one of the eight districts of the largely Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The capital of the district is Faido but the largest town is Airolo on the southern flank of the Gotthard Pass.
  Situated to the north of the canton, its territory covers the area of the Ticino River as far south as Biasca, in particular the Bedretto Valley and the Leventina Valley.
  Leventina is divided into four sub-districts, termed 'circles', and a total area of 479.57 km² with a population of 9,113. Its capital is the municipality of Faido.
context_section_description: The Leventina District is one of the eight districts of the largely Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The capital of the district is Faido but the largest town is Airolo on the southern flank of the Gotthard Pass.
  Situated to the north of the canton, its territory covers the area of the Ticino River as far south as Biasca, in particular the Bedretto Valley and the Leventina Valley.
  Leventina is divided into four sub-districts, termed 'circles' (Italian: circoli), and a total area of 479.57 km² (185.16 sq mi) with a population of 9,113 (as of 31 December 2018). Its capital is the municipality (Italian: comune) of Faido.
caption: Kyanite specimen from Central St. Gotthard Massif, Leventina. This specimen features a 6 cm-long, doubly terminated kyanite in contrasting silvery mica matrix.
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