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Andradite

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Andradite

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Description
Locality: 
Cornwall Mines, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

About a dozen dark garnets exposed on the light grey matrix from the Cornwall Iron mine in Pennsylvania.  Opened in 1732 and closed in 1973, the mine operated for almost 250 years.  This came from one of the mine workers near the end of the mines life.

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

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