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Grossular & Hornblende

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Grossular & Hornblende

ex A.A. Damour (FRA)
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Monte Somma, Vesuvius, Campania, Italy
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 3.5 cm
Description

A.A. Damour old timer: an aggregate of crystalline blackish hornblende hosts brown garnets in a vug, labeled to be grossular. Wouldn´t exclude andradite though. Nice old label in french.

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

Hornblende

Synonym Of: 

Ferro-hornblende

Formula: 
☐{Ca2}{Fe2+4Al}(AlSi7O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Magnesio-hornblende

Formula: 
☐{Ca2}{Mg4Al}(AlSi7O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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