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Withamite & Grossular

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Withamite & Grossular

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Thasos Island, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

Very fine combination of Intense pink to reddish withamite (rare Mn epidote variety) with grossular garnet as matrix.Both minerals partly show crystal planes.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Withamite

Variety Of: 

Epidote

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05a
Hardness: 
6.0
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
pink

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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