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Omphacite With Almandine

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Omphacite With Almandine

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Description
Locality: 
Sauviat-sur-Vige, Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.9 × 8 × 6.3 cm
Weight: 
502.00gr
Description

Big block (0.5Kg) of an eclogite rock with nice omphacite crystals of green colour associated to spheroidal almandines of pale red colour. One face ha been cut and partially polished, so the internal structure is better observed. More information about this material can be found in Bernard-Griffiths & Jahn (1981). Ex L.Van Goethem collection.

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J Bernard-Griffiths & B.M Jahn (1981). REE geochemistry of eclogites and associated rocks from Sauviat-sur-Vige, Massif Central, France. Lithos, 14, 4, 263-274pp.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Omphacite

Formula: 
(Ca,Na)(Mg,Al)Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.20
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Eclogite outcrops, Weißenstein, Stammbach, Münchberg Metamorphic complex, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Almandine

Formula: 
Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Alabanda, Aydin Province, Aegean Region, Turkey

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