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Andradite

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Description
Locality: 
Avissalos, Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 3.3 × 3.3 cm
Description

Sharp, red-brown crystals with partly glossy faces attractively set on greenish hedenbergite matrix. The main crystals are relatively large, the are exposed and show a really fine contrast. Field collecting is prohibited on Serifos, all we have is a limited number of specimen from old discoveries.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Andradite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Drammen, Buskerud, Norway