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Demantoid

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Demantoid

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Dossi di Franscia, Campo Franscia, Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Lombardy, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 6 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

Yellow-green, highly lustrous, dodecahedral demantoid crystals up to 5 mm across on matrix from the famous Alpine locality Campo Franscia, Val Malenco, Italy. The crystals are very well developed and show only very minor imperfections. A really nice specimen from a classic locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Demantoid

Variety Of: 

Andradite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0

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