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Andradite & Gaudefroyite

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Andradite & Gaudefroyite

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Description
Locality: 
NChwaning Mines, Kuruman, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 2.3 cm
Description

Nice piece of a worldwide unique combination. The
N´Chwaning Mine is the only place to find this incredibly red Andradite on deep black Gaudefroyite.

Please also watch the video in HD to see the whole piece.

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

Gaudefroyite

Formula: 
Ca4Mn3+2-3(BO3)3(CO3)(O,OH)3
Strunz: 
6.AB.60
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Tachgagalt Mine, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco
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