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Grossular

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Description
Locality: 
Monte Somma, Vesuvius, Campania, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Weight: 
7.00gr
Description

Very rich grossular specimen in dark hornblende-laden metasomatic matrix, featuring over two dozen garnet crystals in this small miniature. Crystals are mostly sharp rhombododecahedrons, sometimes slightly rounded, with lustrous face and brown color. Some crystals display also minor growth patterns and loal transparency.
Quite good for the locality, definitely an oldtimer!

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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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