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Hessonite

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Description
Locality: 
Tagliolabach, Badus, Andermatt, Uri, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Description

Older sample of hessonite from Pass Tagliola (Lolen-Pass), Badus, St. Gotthard. Comes with a handwritten label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hessonite

Variety Of: 

Grossular

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