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Hessonite Diopside & Clinochlore

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Hessonite Diopside & Clinochlore

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Description
Locality: 
Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 6.1 × 4.7 cm
Description

Distinctive Aosta Valley combination of well formed red grossular var hessonite garnet crystals, sharp pale green translucent diopside crystals and green clinochlore books.

The three species are clustered aesthetically together at the crest of the matrix.

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

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
white

Clinochlore

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
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