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Garnet Var Hessonite

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Garnet Var Hessonite

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Locality: 
Borne del Brous, Ala di Stura, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Beautiful matrix specimen from Italy which is hosting dozens of highly lustrous and well formed crystals of hessonite. They exhibit a fantastically deep satturated red to golden orange colour. Second pic is with minor backlight to expose the colours.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hessonite

Variety Of: 

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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