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Demantoid

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Demantoid

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Description
Locality: 
Malenco Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 2.2 × 1.2 cm
Description

The Malenco Valley is famous for beautiful andradite garnet crystals and this is a showy and rich specimen.

Knobby and gemmy, lustrous, sharp, luscious pistachio-green dodecahedrons to 4 mm totally cover this specimen.

A fine specimen with gemmy crystals and rich color.

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