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Melanite

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Melanite

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Description
Locality: 
Sokolovskoe Mine, Rudniy, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.1 × 4.5 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

Bright lustrous black crystals of melanite, a variety of andradite, up to 6 mm richly covering the matrix on front and backside.

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
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