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Andradite

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Andradite

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Description
Locality: 
Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm
Description

A group of highly lustrous crystals attractively perched on small matrix. The crystals are all sharp ztermianted and you can see sharp modifications along all edges. The crystals are not complete all around, there are several contacts along teh sides, backside was partly extracted from the rock.

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