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Hessonite With Diopside

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Hessonite With Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
Laietto, Condove, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 3 × 1.7 cm
Description

Exceptionally bright, reflective, hessonite crystals with sharp contrasting crystals of diopside on top. A very attractive little specimen from a famous Italian locality. The colours are much stronger than the images suggest.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hessonite

Variety Of: 

Grossular

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

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
white
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