Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Grossular On Magnetite

Views:
Watches:
CAM128477

Grossular On Magnetite

Classic Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

A very fine and rare locality piece from Pöhla with a rich coverage of lustrous orange grossular crystals up to 3 mm on a magnetite 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

Magnetite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
Black
Cartils Minerals

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps