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Garnet Var Melanite

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Garnet Var Melanite

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Description
Locality: 
New Idria District, San Benito County, California, United States of America
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.4 × 7.9 × 3.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Description

Small shiny black melanite crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Melanite

Variety Of: 

Andradite

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