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Grossular

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Grossular

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Description
Locality: 
Bregaglia Valley, Valchiavenna, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 4.3 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Weight: 
84.00gr
Description

Elegant miniature consisting of two rhombododecahedrons of grossular perched within white quartzite.

In good conditions, this is an unusual specimen to spot around.

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

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