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Andradite & Diopside

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Andradite & Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
Bazhenovsk, Asbest, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
2 × 8 × 6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

Brown andardite crystals with pale green diopside from Ural.

Back side is sawn.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Andradite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Drammen, Buskerud, Norway

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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