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Hedenbergite With Calcite

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Hedenbergite With Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Arondu, Basha Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 4.5 × 4.2 cm
Description

Well terminated lustrous hedenbergite crystals hosts to matrix , no damage , nice specimen very hard to find these days from one of Gilgit-Baltistan remote alpine metamorphic deposits at Alcuri village, nice captivating specimen 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hedenbergite

Formula: 
CaFe2+Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Mormorsgruvan, Tunaberg Cu-Co Ore Field, Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland, Sweden

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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