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Andradite Var Topazolite

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Andradite Var Topazolite

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Description
Locality: 
Antetezambato, Antsakoamanondro, Ambanja, Diana, Madagascar
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.40cm
Description

The colour is complex, a mixture of olive-green and cognac hue. The lustre is bright and glassy. The main crystals are 14 and 11mm across, undamaged and attractively attachted on light matrix.

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

Topazolite

Variety Of: 

Andradite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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