Mineral: | Garnet, Variety: Grossular , Variety: Hessonite / Diopside
| Chemical Formula: | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 / CaMgSi2O6 | Size: | | Weight: | | Transparence: | transparent - translucent | Quantity: | | Origin: | Mana Mine, Barang-Turghao (Mor-Darra), Bajaur Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan | You get fine lustrous hessonite crystals in matrix. There are only some tiny fracture planes at peripheral area; all internal crystals are fully intact. Also there is one altered diopside crystal imbedded in this garnet specimen. Fine specimen from the Mana mine.
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