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Andradite Var Topazolite

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Andradite Var Topazolite

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Description
Locality: 
Variante Quarry, Poggio Corbolone, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 11.7 × 8 cm
Description

Nice specimen from Tuscany with a myriad of sparkling andradite var topalite crystals of a beautiful yellow-green color associated with asbestos fibers. Crystals are present also on the back side of the piece

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

Topazolite

Variety Of: 

Andradite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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