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Grossular

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Locality: 
Sultançayırı Mine, Sultançayırı, Susurluk, Balikesir Province, Turkey
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

A beautiful piece of garnet with crystal clear quartz crystals on the back. Until recently the site was completely unknown. But also up to now minerals from Turkey are rather the exception due to the restrictive export regulations. An undamaged and relatively large specimen of a special site.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Akhtaragda River mouth (Achtaragda River mouth), Vilyui River Basin (Vilui River Basin; Wilui River Basin), Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
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