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Hibschite On Vesuvianite

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Hibschite On Vesuvianite

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Description
Locality: 
Commercial Quarry, Crestmore, Riverside County, California, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm
Description

White translucent to transparent crystalline groups of hibschite in a greenish yellow crystalline vesuvianite matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hibschite

Variety Of: 

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3-x(OH)4x
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Mariánská Skála (Mariánská hora; Marienberg), Ústí nad Labem (Aussig), Ústí Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Vesuvianite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na,☐)19(Al,Mg,Fe3+)13(☐,B,Al,Fe3+)5(Si2O7)4(SiO4)10(OH,F,O)10
Strunz: 
9.BG.35
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
Earthstones Australia

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