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Vesuvianite With Hessonite

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Vesuvianite With Hessonite

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Description
Locality: 
Ochsner-Rotkopf Massif, Zemmgrund, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 3.1 × 2.1 cm
Description

Nice apple-green vesuvianite with red hessonite on matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Hessonite

Variety Of: 

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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