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Hessonite & Diopside

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Hessonite & Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
Mussa Alp, Balme, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4.2 × 2.7 cm
Description

A good specimen with multifaced, gemmy orange-brown hessonite accompanied by elongated, pale olive-coloured diopside. The sparkly hessonite crystals are richly covering the matrix. The single crystals are mirror bright, so far undamaged and razor sharp. A good and colourful sample from the classic locale in Piedmont.

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
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