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Andradite Chamosite & Quartz

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Andradite Chamosite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Ocna de Fier, Banat Mountains, Caraş-Severin County, Romania
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 6 × 3 cm
Description

Brown andradite garnet crystals with green chamosite and colorless quartz crystals. A little minor chalcopyrite.
Cracks in the garnets are natural and don't go through

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

Chamosite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mg)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Haut de Cry, Chamoson, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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