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Garnet Var Andradite

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Garnet Var Andradite

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Description
Locality: 
Arrondissement Diakon, Cercle de Bafoulabé, Kayes Region, Mali
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 5.7 × 5 cm
Description

Huge cluster consisting of several intergrown melanite crystals from Mali. The crystals have an awesome pattern all over and also a great lustre.

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