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Hessonite

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Hessonite

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Description
Locality: 
Faiallo Pass, Urbe, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.2 × 8.9 × 3.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
500.00gr
Description

Exceptional garnet plate with tens of 'moors' perched on the rodingite matrix. Great lustre and very minor contacts are present.

Very rare to spot in this size and quality. Matrix has been reduced with a saw (not by me).

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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