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Andradite With Diopside Vesuvianite & Pyrochlore

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Andradite With Diopside Vesuvianite & Pyrochlore

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Description
Locality: 
Khogyani, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.90cm
Description

A beautiful well terminated , lustrous , andradite in combination with diopside , vesuvianite & pyrochlore.

A really nice interesting combination from Khugiano , Sarobi Afghanistan.

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

Diopside

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

Vesuvianite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na,☐)19(Al,Mg,Fe3+)13(☐,B,Al,Fe3+)5(Si2O7)4(SiO4)10(OH,F,O)10
Strunz: 
9.BG.35
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Pyrochlore

Synonym Of: 

Pyrochlore Group

Formula: 
A2Nb2(O,OH)6Z
Strunz: 
4
Hardness: 
5 - 5.5
Group Parent: 
Pyrochlore Group

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