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Andradite & Diopside

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Andradite & Diopside

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Surobi District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm
Description

A brace of lustrous deep amber brown andradite crystals with associated clinochloreand clear to colourless diopside, the main diopside being doubly terminated and 16mm long.The andradite crystals are detached from matrix so not complete all around,but with great lustre and terminations to the display. 

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

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
white
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