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Andradite

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Andradite

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Description
Locality: 
Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 3 × 3 cm
Description

The crystals are all sharp terminated and glossy and show this very rare sharp dark zoning along all edges. This material came from only one discovery. Field collecting is prohibited on Serifos since many years, so all we have is a limited quanitity from old discoveries.

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