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Andradite

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Andradite

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Description
Locality: 
Parun, Wama District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 5.5 × 4 cm
Description

A very unusual garnet specimen, to me it may be another form of garnet that was susceptible to dissolution while the core was not. nice unusual growth of garnet.

 

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

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