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Prase & Andradite

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Prase & Andradite

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Description
Locality: 
Sinerechenskoe, Kavalerovo, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russian Federation
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 4.3 × 3.4 cm
Description

Extreme dark green stepped prase crystals set on red-brown andradite crystals - great contrast, fine quality and undamaged. So I would judge it as a very nice eye-catching sample from this famous discovery.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Prase

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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