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Demantoid & Chrysotile Var Mountain Leather

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Demantoid & Chrysotile Var Mountain Leather

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Description
Locality: 
Malenco Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm
Description

Very beautiful demantoid quality with big green crystals (for the specimen size) and soft, fibrous 'mountain leather'.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Demantoid

Variety Of: 

Andradite

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

Chrysotile

Formula: 
Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Zloty Stok (Reichenstein), Ząbkowice District, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland

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