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Grossular Var Hessonite & Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 5 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Weight: 
50.00gr
Description

Very nice cluster of bright red Hessonite crystals up to 5 mm with cluster of light green Diopside crystals up to 4 mm on 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

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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ITALY
9.50
EUROPE ( AREA 1)
13.50
EUROPE ( AREA 1A)
19
USA
41
AMERICAN - UK - ASIA - AFRICA - OCEANIA ( AREA 2):
14
OCEANIA ( AREA 3):
15

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