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Garnet Var Melanite With Vesuvianite & Feldspar

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Garnet Var Melanite With Vesuvianite & Feldspar

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Description
Locality: 
Zagi Mountain, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 5 × 3.3 cm
Description

Black shiny, sharp crystals of  Garnet Var Melanite with Vesuvianite & Feldspar from this locality. Very aesthetic in person.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Melanite

Variety Of: 

Andradite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Black

Vesuvianite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na,☐)19(Al,Mg,Fe3+)13(☐,B,Al,Fe3+)5(Si2O7)4(SiO4)10(OH,F,O)10
Strunz: 
9.BG.35
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Feldspar

Group Parent: 
Feldspar Group

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