Grossular
| ID | 103 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mineral | Grossular | |
| Location | Coahuila - Mexico | |
| Fluorescence | LW-UV: close SW-UV: close |
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Mindat data
| ID | 1755 |
|---|---|
| Long ID | 1:1:1755:4 |
| Formula |
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
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| IMA Status |
0 1 |
| Other Occurrences | Contact and regionally metamorphosed calcareous rocks. Rodingites |
| Industrial | Gem |
| Diapheny | Transparent,Translucent |
| Tenacity | brittle |
| Colour | Brown, orange, red, yellow, green, white, colorless, pink |
| Hardness (min) | 6.5 |
| Hardness (max) | 7.0 |
| About the name | Originally named "cinnamon stone" ("Kanelstein" in German) in 1803 by Abraham Gottlob Werner and renamed grossularite by Werner in 1808. Named for the color of gooseberries (Ribes grossularium) as the original specimens were this color. |
| Streak | White to pale Brownish white |
| Crystal System | Isometric |
| Cleavage Type | None Observed |
| Fracture type | Irregular/Uneven,Sub-Conchoidal |
| Morphology | Dodecahedra or trapezohedra, granular, compact, massive. May have hexoctahedral faces. Rarely tetrahexahedral or octahedral. |
| Twinning | Not observed |
| UV | Almost always non-fluorescent; may be a weak golden yellow (LW & SW) Some light green grossular garnets exhibit orange-red luminescence under long-wave and short-wave ultraviolet light. Results imply that chromium and manganese are the luminescence activators in grossular garnets, and vanadium is a powerful quencher. |
| shortcode_ima | Grs |
| Group | Garnet Group |
Details
Price: € 5
Dimensions: Not registered
Weight: 27 g
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Notes:
| Symbol | Element | |
|---|---|---|
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| O | Oxygen | |
| Si | Silicium |