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Grossular Var Hessonite

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Grossular Var Hessonite

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Description
Locality: 
Capoeira 1 Pegmatite, Parelhas, Borborema Province, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 9 × 4.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Highly lustrous and partly translucent orange-brownish hessonite crystals with extremely sharp edges in a vug of pegmatitic rock – very nice example of this relative new find from parelhas, Brazil.

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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Best regards Roger