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Garnet Var Andradite

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Garnet Var Andradite

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Description
Locality: 
Mega Horio, Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Very rare form and style for this classic and sought after material! The piece is one of the very few single crystals found of this style, with olive green-brow-red color and skeletal surface!The luster varies from surface to surrface, giving an amazing effect and emphaiszing on the form! The classic phantoms that make the locality so famous are still there! The modified edges are more redish than the faces!Contatcted bottom and damage free faaces!My last one!

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

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