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Garnet Var Melanite

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Garnet Var Melanite

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Description
Locality: 
Arrondissement Diakon, Cercle de Bafoulabé, Kayes Region, Mali
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 5.1 × 3.9 cm
Description

Beautiful matrix specimen of melanite from Mali. The main crystal is highly lustrous and is super fine exposed positioned at the top of the specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Melanite

Variety Of: 

Andradite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Black