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Garnet Var Grossular

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Garnet Var Grossular

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Description
Locality: 
Kagara Zinc Mine, Mount Garnet, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.8 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.90cm
Description

Green to black well formed crystals of grossular form in vughs in a massive grossular matrix.

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
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