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PYROPE in matrix - Podsedice, Czech Republic | TL - type locality | SYSTEMATIC | 50 x 37 x 36 mm

Pyrope (Garnet Group), Czech Republic, Miniature (3-6 cm)
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Mineral: PYROPE (Garnet group)
Locality: Podsedice pyrope deposit,Podsedice, Litoměřice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
Dimension (mm): 50 x 37 x 36 mm
Weight (gr): 67 gram

Description / Notes:  Pyrop ( Czech garnet ) produces dark red, slightly purplish, vitreous, translucent grains up to 5 mm in size, which grow throughout the  pyroxenic peridotites weathering to serpentinites. These rocks resemble South African kimberlites.This is specimen from type locality.

  • Formula:Mg3Al2(SiO4)3
  • Colour:Blood red, orange red, purple red, pink, black red, colorless.
  • Lustre:Vitreous
  • Hardness:7 - 7½
  • Specific Gravity:3.582
  • Crystal System:Isometric
  • Member of:Garnet Group > Garnet Supergrou
  • Name:From the Greek "pyropos", "fiery-eyed", in allusion to the red hue.
  • Type Locality:Czech Republic
  • IMA status: Approved, 'Grandfathered' (first described prior to 1959)

Further information in mineralogy databases:

Classification:
  • 9.Silicates
Mineral name:
  • Pyrope (Garnet Group)
Country origine:
Czech Republic
Specimen size:
Miniature (3-6 cm)

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