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Andradite & Gaudefroyite

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Andradite & Gaudefroyite

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Description
Locality: 
NChwaning Mines, Kuruman, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.11 × 1.52 × 1.15 cm
Description

Lustrous black primatic crystals of Gaudefroyite  with a cast of andradite garnet after Rhodochrosite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Andradite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Drammen, Buskerud, Norway

Gaudefroyite

Formula: 
Ca4Mn3+2-3(BO3)3(CO3)(O,OH)3
Strunz: 
6.AB.60
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Tachgagalt Mine, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco

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