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Clinochlore & Hessonite

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Clinochlore & Hessonite

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Description
Locality: 
Felskinn, Saas-Fee, Saas Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

Translucent pale green clinochlore crystals with lustrous red-brown hessonite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clinochlore

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Brinton's Quarry, West Chester, Westtown Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA...

Hessonite

Variety Of: 

Grossular

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