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Hessonite

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Hessonite

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Description
Locality: 
Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 4.3 × 3.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

Rich, red-brown, sharp, complex, lustrous hessonite crystals up to 5 mm across on matrix, associated with aggregates of silvery, leaf-like thin tabular clinochlore crystals up to 3 mm across, from the well-known locality Bellecombe, Val d´Aosta, Italy. A nice and aesthetic miniature.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hessonite

Variety Of: 

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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