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Garnet Var Andradite

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Garnet Var Andradite

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Description
Locality: 
Mega Horio, Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 3.4 × 3.2 cm
Description

Fantastic matrix specimen from Greece having dozens of well crystallised garnets var andradite attached. They show fantastically good zoned crystals in intense colour with a main crystal at the top of the piece.

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