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Grossular Var Hessonite

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Grossular Var Hessonite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Faiallo Pass, Urbe, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 5 × 4 cm
Weight: 
282.00gr
Description

Classic sample of  Hessonite of ligurian rodingites.These samples come from the main vein of the field and were digg in the mid-70s. The largest crystal is 7 mm.

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

Hessonite

Variety Of: 

Grossular

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