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Grossular Var Hessonite

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Grossular Var Hessonite

Ex C.F. Pech
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Description
Locality: 
Mussa Alp, Balme, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.4 × 4.5 × 4.7 cm
Description

An old timer example with orange brown sharp and lustrous hessonites (according to the label) on skarn like matrix. A late 19th century (according to the label 1892 - 1889) specimen. One side is sawn and polished. Not really typical of the hessonites i know from Alpe Mussa.

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

Hessonite

Variety Of: 

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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