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Grossular With Diopside

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Grossular With Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
Khori Village, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 4 × 2.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.40cm
Description

A nice specimen of well terminated, lustrous, grossular incombination with diopside from recovered from a deposit near Khwori village in Koksha valley, Badakhshan.

There is no damage except minor natural etching.

A good grossular example

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

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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