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Grossular Hessonite

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Grossular Hessonite

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Description
Locality: 
Manogay, Dara-i-Pech District, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4 × 5.2 × 3.6 cm
Description

Well terminated gemmy lustrous hessonite crystals hosts to quartz matrix , smaller crystal measures 0.8cm perfect well doubly terminated lustrous while larger crystal has minor etching , old example from the locality 

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

Hessonite

Variety Of: 

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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