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Hessonite

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Description
Locality: 
Red Mountain, Kern County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 6.5 × 7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Very attractive specimen of redbrown, lustrous hessonite crystals on hessonite matrix.

Ex Wolfgang Schneider collection and 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