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Grossular Var Chromian

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Grossular Var Chromian

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Description
Locality: 
British Canadian Mine, Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

Nice crystals of one of the rarest garnet colors.

These are terminated dodecahedral crystals from druzy to 2mm on white matrix. Whilst the crystals are very small, the colour is amazing.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Akhtaragda River mouth (Achtaragda River mouth), Vilyui River Basin (Vilui River Basin; Wilui River Basin), Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Chromium

Formula: 
Cr
Strunz: 
1.AE.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
9.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Anduo Cr deposit, Amdo Co. (Anduo Co.), Nagchu Prefecture (Naqu Prefecture), Tibet Autonomous Region, China
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