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Andradite & Quartz On Hedenbergite

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Andradite & Quartz On Hedenbergite

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Description
Locality: 
Mega Horio, Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.7 × 2.5 cm
Description

Outstanding Greek andradite specimen. Three big brown andradite crystal are in the focus of this beautiful specimen - accentuated by a group of fine 'needle quartz' rock crystals.

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Hedenbergite

Formula: 
CaFe2+Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Mormorsgruvan, Tunaberg Cu-Co Ore Field, Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland, Sweden

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