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Pyrope With Chromian Diopside & Enstatite

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Description
Locality: 
Wanzenau, Gars am Kamp, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria
Class: 
Mixed Specimens
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 2.4 × 0.1 cm
Description

A beautiful polished slab featuring garnet (pyrope), diopside, chrome-rich diopside, and enstatite from Wanzenau, Horn District, Austria. It displays rich raspberry-red pyrope alongside grass-green chrome diopside and yellowish-green enstatite – a striking combination that looks fantastic when backlit.

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

Chromian Diopside

Variety Of: 

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Formula: 
(Ca,Cr)MgSi2O6
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Green

Enstatite

Formula: 
MgSiO3
Group Parent: 
Orthopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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Austria
7
EU
19
Rest of Europe
21
USA, Canada, Japan, 1 kg
28
Australia, New Zealand, 1 kg
33

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