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Pyrope & Chromian Diopside

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Pyrope & Chromian Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
Almklovdalen, Vanylven, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 5.5 × 5 cm
Weight: 
553.00gr
Description

A very rich specimen, full of cherry-red pyrope grains (on all sides and inside) in garnet-peridotite with deep green chromian diopside. With omphacite and yellowish, altered forsterite (olivine).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrope

Formula: 
Mg3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Czech Republic

Chromian Diopside

Variety Of: 

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Formula: 
(Ca,Cr)MgSi2O6
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Green

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