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Garnet Var Pyrope & Diopside

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Garnet Var Pyrope & Diopside

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Description
Locality: 
Wanzenau, Gars am Kamp, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 3.2 × 0.2 cm
Description

Fantastically colourful material from Austria. This example is a thin cut and polished slice of deep red pyrop nicely embedded in deep green diopside. The colours are just amazing.

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

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
white