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Garnet Var Andradite & Hedenbergite

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Garnet Var Andradite & Hedenbergite

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Description
Locality: 
Mega Horio, Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.4 × 5.7 × 4.5 cm
Description

Intense red-brown and sharp terminated andradite crystals set on slight greed hedenbergite matrix. Field collecting is prohibited since many years, so all we have is limited quantity from old discoveries! Great classic from greece.

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

Hedenbergite

Formula: 
CaFe2+Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Mormorsgruvan, Tunaberg Cu-Co Ore Field, Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland, Sweden