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Garnet Var Andradite On Hedenbergite

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Garnet Var Andradite On Hedenbergite

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Description
Locality: 
Megalo Livadi, Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 7 × 4 cm
Description

This is the best piece from this classic material I have ever added on an auction. The piece is of the highest quality for this newly appeared style The crystals are positioned on the matrix in a well balanced order and they are sharp, translucent and in the same time they show the classic phantoms that make them so easily recognizable. On this piece the crystals are not covered by the matrix. In contrast, they show many faces and depth. What's so impressive on this style is the fact that the crystals of hedenbergite are sharp and lustrous. The piece, when looked in detail, looks like a geometrical sculture. No damage, high end material. 

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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