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Heazlewoodite On Grossular

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Heazlewoodite On Grossular

ex. R. Feigl

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Description
Locality: 
Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Estrie, Québec, Canada
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 1.1 × 1 cm
Description

Very large heazlewoodite on green chromium grossular showing a good contrast.

Heazlewoodite from Asbestos is supposedly always closely associated with chrome grossular.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Heazlewoodite

Formula: 
Ni3S2
Strunz: 
2.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Tasmania, Australia

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