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Grossular Var Hessonite Vesuvianite & Clinochlore

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Description
Locality: 
Rocca Sella, Rubiana, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 13 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Weight: 
474.00gr
Description

Nice dozens of shiny brown Grossularia crystals up to 3 mm with Vesuvianite crystals up to 5 mm and green Clinochlore rosettes up to 5 mm on rodingite matrix.

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

Hessonite

Variety Of: 

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Vesuvianite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na,☐)19(Al,Mg,Fe3+)13(☐,B,Al,Fe3+)5(Si2O7)4(SiO4)10(OH,F,O)10
Strunz: 
9.BG.35
Hardness: 
6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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...

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ITALY
9.50
EUROPE ( AREA 1)
13.50
EUROPE ( AREA 1A)
19
USA
41
AMERICAN - UK - ASIA - AFRICA - OCEANIA ( AREA 2):
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