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Hessonite

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Hessonite

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Description
Locality: 
Piz Tagliola, Maighels Valley, Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 3.2 × 2.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Weight: 
39.00gr
Description

A miniature consisting of well formed hessonite garnets within a mixed quartz-garnet matrix. From a well known locality to classic Swiss collectors, this material is very sporadically spotted on the market.

Just acquired from a Swiss historical stock with specimens olver 50 years old, I am told that this specimen is possibly dated back to the 60s.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hessonite

Variety Of: 

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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