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Grossular With Melanite

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Grossular With Melanite

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Description
Locality: 
Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 5.5 × 4.5 cm
Description

Two large glassy well terminated lustrous grossular crystals incombination with Melanite over matrix.

A very good nice combination specimen. 

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

Melanite

Variety Of: 

Andradite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Black

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