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Garnet Var Andradite On Quartz & Hedenbergite

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Garnet Var Andradite On Quartz & Hedenbergite

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Description
Locality: 
Megalo Livadi, Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4 × 3.5 cm
Description

Exceptional and different piece from Seriphos, this miniature has a sence of winter! The matrix looks snowy and the crystals frosty! This is because there is quartz partially covering the piece and so the result is really an oddity from the area! The piece is also special because of the multiple quartz points on the matrix rather than the standard hedembergite crystals, which are also present, but less dominant. There is no damage and the garnets still show gemminess and the classic phantoms!Superb miniature!

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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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