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Melanite

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Melanite

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Description
Locality: 
Rudnyi Kaskad Deposit, Krasnokamensk, Kuragin District, Sayan Mountains, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Weight: 
9.50gr
Description

A sparkling cluster of  deep black Garnet, Melanite variety.

The crystals are well defined, razor sharp and highly lustrous and show a very aesthetic structure.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Melanite

Variety Of: 

Andradite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Black