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Pyrope Enstatite & Chromium Diopside

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Pyrope Enstatite & Chromium Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
Helgehornsvatnet, Vanylven, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 3.4 × 1.7 cm
Weight: 
38.00gr
Description

Gemmy red pyrope garnets on a matrix with green chrome diopside and other minerals.  This specimen has colorful cranberry colored pyrope all around.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrope

Formula: 
Mg3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Czech Republic

Enstatite

Formula: 
MgSiO3
Group Parent: 
Orthopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Chromium

Formula: 
Cr
Strunz: 
1.AE.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
9.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Anduo Cr deposit, Amdo Co. (Anduo Co.), Nagchu Prefecture (Naqu Prefecture), Tibet Autonomous Region, China

Diopside

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

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