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Grossular

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Grossular

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Description
Locality: 
Handan Prefecture, Hebei Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.7 × 1.3 cm
Description

Cluster of translucent rhombic dodecahedral crystals of grossular garnets of attractive yellow colour and reasonable lustre. It is almost a floater piece, from a reduce find of 2012.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Akhtaragda River mouth (Achtaragda River mouth), Vilyui River Basin (Vilui River Basin; Wilui River Basin), Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

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