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Pyrope

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Měrunice, Bílina, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 6.8 × 3.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

Blood red pyrope crystals in glassy opalized matrix from this historic and famous area for pyrope. Comes with an early 20th century label.

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