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Diopside With Andradite

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Diopside With Andradite

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Description
Locality: 
Khogyani, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 2.3 × 1.3 cm
Description

 An aesthetic superb specimen of well doubly terminated diopside covered by a layer of tiny andradite.

A really good beautiful specimen.

Undamaged

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Diopside

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

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

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