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Andradite

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Andradite

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Description
Locality: 
Llocnou d'en Fenollet, Barxeta, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3.3 × 1.8 cm
Weight: 
15.00gr
Description

Very interesting group of garnet crystals of the andradite variety on a porphyry matrix from this old Valencian quarry that is now completely flooded. It is an old piece for more than 30 years, today it is impossible to find one like this.

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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