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Vesuvianite & Andradite

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Vesuvianite & Andradite

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Description
Locality: 
Maronia, Rhodope, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.4 × 5.2 × 3.8 cm
Description

Here is an unusual specimen from Greece. Blocky vesuvianite crystals on matrix associated with small andradite crystals from the skarn zone in Maronia.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vesuvianite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na,☐)19(Al,Mg,Fe3+)13(☐,B,Al,Fe3+)5(Si2O7)4(SiO4)10(OH,F,O)10
Strunz: 
9.BG.35
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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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