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Grossular Diopside & Pyrite

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Grossular Diopside & Pyrite

Collected by John & Robert Lawson

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Description
Locality: 
Ardragh Quarry, Maam Cross, Connemara, County Galway, Irish Republic (Eire)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 6.3 × 5.8 cm
Weight: 
374.00gr
Description

Skarn rock matrix with cavities containg a mixture of grossular garnet, green diopside and golden pyrite crystals. An unusual specimen from the locality. LC

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Akhtaragda River mouth (Achtaragda River mouth), Vilyui River Basin (Vilui River Basin; Wilui River Basin), Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
white

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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