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Demantoid

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Demantoid

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Description
Locality: 
Malenco Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.1 × 1.6 cm
Description

Beautiful matrix specimen of several intense coloured garnets var demantoide placed in bright asbestos matrix from Italy. The crystals are highly lustrous.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Demantoid

Variety Of: 

Andradite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0