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Andradite Var Melanite

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Andradite Var Melanite

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Description
Locality: 
Sokolovskoe Mine, Rudniy, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.3 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Aggregate of bright black andradite from the Sokolovsky Mine.

Ex. René Virlet specimen, acquired in 09/1995 at the Brussels Mineral Show to CMF (Prage).

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

Melanite

Variety Of: 

Andradite

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

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