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Grossular

Gem Crystal

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Description
Locality: 
Bazhenovsk, Asbest, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 5.4 × 4.2 cm
Weight: 
195.00gr
Description

Superb colourless dodecahedral crystals of grossular with very good lustre and highly transparent. The specimen has a good size and matrix coverage is very compact. No damages of chippings.

Acquired in 1996. Ex Jan Sibtsen #1153.

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

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