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Andradite

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Andradite

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Description
Locality: 
Shijiangshan Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Weight: 
94.00gr
Description

A piece rich with various hues of olive green andradite from a find around 2013 in the early production days of the Shijangshan deposit. Lustrous with shiny vughs of andradite on all sides.

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