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Andradite & Hedenbergite

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Description
Locality: 
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Andradite garnet on hedenbergite. Uncommon to find in the market, this location d. very good condition.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Andradite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Drammen, Buskerud, Norway

Hedenbergite

Formula: 
CaFe2+Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Mormorsgruvan, Tunaberg Cu-Co Ore Field, Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland, Sweden

Seller Information

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Seller's terms and conditions

We are professional resellers, and the guaranteed quality of each sale, and customer satisfaction, is our goal. We are not responsible for any damage suffered by the sample in transit. With the exception that the package arrives in poor external condition. We pack all the samples in a way and with super tested professional systems. But in any case you declare with a video, the opening of the package. The return of a sample for various reasons. It must be approved by us. And in any case the reimbursement will be net of expenses. Photos: All the photos we posted as examples were taken with professional cameras. Photos are not retouched with software, to enhance or alter the appearance of the samples. We try to offer photos, more realistically closer to the reality of the sample.