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Melanite

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Melanite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 5 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Very old specimen of black-brown melanite crystals all over the specimen with a beautiful old label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Melanite

Variety Of: 

Andradite

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