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Pyrope With Quartz

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Pyrope With Quartz

Ex-David J. Eicher Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Hubei Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.3 × 3.6 cm
Description

Deep crimson pyrope crystals scattered across a matrix plate also richly studded with tiny quartz crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrope

Formula: 
Mg3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Czech Republic

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
David J. Eicher

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