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Andradite On Hedenbergite

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Andradite On Hedenbergite

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Description
Locality: 
Megalo Livadi, Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

Any andradite piece from this locality is  recognizable and a classic for world standards! This very piece is also different since it comes from a newly appeared lot this year! Those pieces from this less than 30 individuals lot show wonderful hedembergite crystals on the matrix,sharp and even,with great quality on the adradite as well!The color of the crystals is a beer red!They standand with almost all faces present off a flower like matrix of sharp hedenbergite crystals!The piece offers several options of display and shows no damage!A modern sculture like natural object!

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

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

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