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Andradite Var Demantoid

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Andradite Var Demantoid

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Description
Locality: 
Sferlun Mine, Malenco Valley, Lombardy, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5 × 8 × 5.5 cm
Weight: 
272.00gr
Description

Typical sample for this mine with cristals  up to 4 mm side wrapped up by white  asbestos fiber

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

Demantoid

Variety Of: 

Andradite

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