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Grossular With Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
Khogyani, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.3 × 0.8 cm
Description

An amazing Garnet Var Grossular with Diopside specimen from this locality.

Very aesthetic in person.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Akhtaragda River mouth (Achtaragda River mouth), Vilyui River Basin (Vilui River Basin; Wilui River Basin), Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
white

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