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Grossular

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Description
Locality: 
Maronia, Rhodope, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.4 × 6.5 × 4.5 cm
Description

Yellow-green crystals of grossular on matrix, with very good luster and translucency for the locality.. This is a really good example of the species for Greek grossular, probably the best piece I have seen.

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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