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Andradite & Hedenbergite

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Andradite & Hedenbergite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Mega Horio, Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
16.5 × 8.7 × 2.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Weight: 
528.00gr
Description

Excellent large cluster of numerous sharp and well crystallized two tone coffee color intergrown Andradite crystals, on a crystallized Hedenbergite matrix, well crystallized as well and terminated, with visible terminations at the backside of the specimen. Hedenbergite crystals also shoot out beautifully at the front, in between the aggregated Andradite crystals, from the classic locality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Andradite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Drammen, Buskerud, Norway

Hedenbergite

Formula: 
CaFe2+Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Mormorsgruvan, Tunaberg Cu-Co Ore Field, Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland, Sweden

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