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Garnet Var Pyrope & Omphacite

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Garnet Var Pyrope & Omphacite

Ex Dr Wilke (Eppertshausen)

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Description
Locality: 
Myrheia, Risør, Agder, Norway
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4 × 6.5 × 1.6 cm
Description

Nice example of deep red pyrope crystal grains in green omphacite - a typical eclogite!

Old field trip material from Wilke.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrope

Formula: 
Mg3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Czech Republic

Omphacite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na)(Mg,Al)Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.20
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Eclogite outcrops, Weißenstein, Stammbach, Münchberg Metamorphic complex, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Best regards Roger