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Garnet Var Melanite

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Garnet Var Melanite

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Description
Locality: 
Ojos Españoles Mine, General Lázaro Cárdenas, Julimes Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.9 × 3.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Description

Cluster of dark brown melanite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Melanite

Variety Of: 

Andradite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Black