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Grossular

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Description
Locality: 
Rainbow Mine, Nelson Mountain, Fresno County, California, United States of America
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.2 × 8.6 × 5.8 cm
Description

Redish brown grossular crystals on matrix

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