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Garnet Var Hessonite

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Garnet Var Hessonite

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Description
Locality: 
Faiallo Pass, Urbe, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 1.7 × 1.3 cm
Description

Highly lustrous cluster of intense coloured hessonite garnet on matrix. The crystals are well terminated and all the edges are razor sharp.

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