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Eclogite Almandine Omphacite Zoisite & Glaucophane

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Eclogite Almandine Omphacite Zoisite & Glaucophane

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Description
Locality: 
Monte Torretta, Mombarone, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
19 × 23 × 7 cm
Weight: 
3 824.00gr
Description

Large ecthetic rough specimen  of Eclogite with brownish almandine garnets , green omphacite, bladed white zoisite and dark blue/ blackish Glaucophane

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Almandine

Formula: 
Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Alabanda, Aydin Province, Aegean Region, Turkey

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

Zoisite

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al3}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.10
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Prickler Halt, Ladinger Spitze - Speikkogel area, Saualpe, Carinthia, Austria

Glaucophane

Formula: 
◻[Na2][Mg3Al2]Si8O22(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.25
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Syros Island (Syra), Cyclade Islands (Cyclades; Kikladhes; Nomos Kikladhon), Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands Department (Aiyaíon), Greece

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