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Andradite & Clinochlore On Muscovite

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Andradite & Clinochlore On Muscovite

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Description
Locality: 
Kembelé, Arrondissement Diakon, Cercle de Bafoulabé, Kayes Region, Mali
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.5 × 2.1 cm
Description

A weird and appealing looking floater specimen with one side being comprised of purplish muscovite books and the opposing main face being dominated by a yellow grading to green crystal/cluster (?) of hoppered andradite crystals surrounded with light green clinochlore and a second normal yellow andradite crystal. This specimen appears to be floater

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

Clinochlore

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Brinton's Quarry, West Chester, Westtown Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA...

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
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