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Andradite Var Melanite

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Andradite Var Melanite

José Luis Otero's collection

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Description
Locality: 
La Judia Mine, Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4.5 × 3.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
130.00gr
Description

Andradite var. melanite garnet from La Judía mine, Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz, Spain.

José Luis Otero’s collection (serial number 107).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Andradite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Drammen, Buskerud, Norway

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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