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Andradite

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Andradite

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Description
Locality: 
Sinerechenskoe, Kavalerovo, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 1.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Lustrous brown andradite garnet crystals to 1 cm covering one side of massive andradite matrix.

This is truly a fine specimen, aesthetically among the best I have seen for the locality. Old material

Ex Armin Wendland collection

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