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Grossular & Albite

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Grossular & Albite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Entia Valley, Ambalindum Station, Harts Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.7 × 2 cm
Description

Dark orange grossular crystals in and on white albite crystals, this material was collected during the mid 1980's as part of a commerical mining venture for faceting rough. Not a lot of these crystals survived the cutters machines

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

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden
Earthstones Australia

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