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Andradite

From an old collection of a doctor in chemistry from 1900-1930
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Ocna de Fier, Banat Mountains, Caraş-Severin County, Romania
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

A classic and hard-to-find deep red Andradite specimen from the classic locality of "Eisenstein" a Skarn-type Fe-Cu deposit. in what used to be Hungary. Many sharp, lustrous, stepped, dodecahedral crystals of deep reddish color form this attractive thumbnail specimen.
 

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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