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Melanite

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Melanite

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Description
Locality: 
Rudnyi Kaskad Deposit, Krasnokamensk, Kuragin District, Sayan Mountains, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.8 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Description

Fantastic and lustrous melanite cluster from an older collection.

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