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Garnet Var Grossular

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Garnet Var Grossular

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Description
Locality: 
Magia, Maienfeld, Grisons, Switzerland
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
6 × 12.5 × 8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Description

This specimen was collected in the 19th century . It shows pale orange brown grossular crystals with minor calcite.

Specimen comes with a fantastic old label.

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