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Garnet Var Andradite

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Garnet Var Andradite

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Description
Locality: 
Kohse Mine, Tenkawa, Yoshino-gun, Nara Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.9 × 1.1 cm
Description

Gorgeous crystals of the famous iridescent "rainbow" garnet var. andradite from Kohse mine, Tenkawa village, Japan. They have a pleasing tobacco color with razor-sharp rhombic dodecahedral habit and strong luster. With a striking and colorful natural iridescent coating. The locality is strictly prohibited for collecting so the specimens are rare. Some small damages. In a plastic box.

Fantastic iridescent andradite!

#21670

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