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Andradite Garnet with Clinochlore and Diopside on Epidote from Marki Khel, Spin Ghar Mountains, southwest of Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan

 
Andradite Garnet with Clinochlore and Diopside on Epidote from Marki Khel, Spin Ghar Mountains, southwest of Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan

Andradite Garnet with Clinochlore and Diopside on Epidote from Marki Khel, Spin Ghar Mountains, southwest of Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan

Andradite Garnet with Clinochlore and Diopside on Epidote from Marki Khel, Spin Ghar Mountains, southwest of Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan

DESCRIPTION:No. 62219
Mineral:Andradite Garnet with Clinochlore and Diopside on Epidote
Locality:Marki Khel, Spin Ghar Mountains, southwest of Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan
Description:Lustrous greenish-brown dodecahedral andradite garnet crystals to 8 mm with prismatic translucent green-black diopside crystals to 12 mm and platy greenish mica-like clinochlore crystals to 2 mm over small transparent yellow-green epidote microcrystals.
Overall Size:4.5x3x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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