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Pyrope & Omphacite

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Pyrope & Omphacite

ex collection Gerda Wimmer
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Description
Locality: 
Almklovdalen, Vanylven, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14.8 × 6.9 × 1.3 cm
Description

A very nice cut and polished slice of eklogite with dark red pyrope crystals up to 0.8 cm in green omphacite with black hornblende and (possibly) diopside.
Original label mentions 'Aheim' as locality, but this was often mistaken. Looks far better in nature.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrope

Formula: 
Mg3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Czech Republic

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

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