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Garnet Var Grossular

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Garnet Var Grossular

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Description
Locality: 
Vilui River Basin, Sakha Republic, Russian Federation
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.5 × 1.7 cm
Description

Well formed, good coloured and lustrous single crystal of grossularia from Russia. The crystal faces are more narrow at the top and wider at the bottom part.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Akhtaragda River mouth (Achtaragda River mouth), Vilyui River Basin (Vilui River Basin; Wilui River Basin), Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia