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Ellestadite-(F) With Tobermorite & Grossular

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Ellestadite-(F) With Tobermorite & Grossular

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Description
Locality: 
Commercial Quarry, Crestmore, Riverside County, California, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm
Description

White tobermorite and yellow ellestadite F and green grossular on matrix

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