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Andradite & Quartz

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Andradite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.2 × 5.3 × 2.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.10cm
Description

Group of lustrous andradite crystals to 11 mm, with white quartz. The dark edges of the rhombic dodecahedrons give the crystals an attractive appearance. It is crystallized all around, with just a contact surface, located at the base of the pictures. A nice representative specimen for this Greek locality.

Collected in 2008 by Bernd Schnekenburger (DE).

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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