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Pyrope Chromian Diopside & Omphacite

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Pyrope Chromian Diopside & Omphacite

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Description
Locality: 
Vanylven, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 2.4 × 2.4 cm
Description

Very nice sample of these rare minerals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrope

Formula: 
Mg3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Czech Republic

Chromian Diopside

Variety Of: 

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Formula: 
(Ca,Cr)MgSi2O6
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Green

Omphacite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na)(Mg,Al)Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.20
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Eclogite outcrops, Weißenstein, Stammbach, Münchberg Metamorphic complex, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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