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Coesite with Pyrope

#PD33643

Coesite with Pyrope

#PD33643
Availability
Sold
Size
2.5 x 3 x 1 cm - Thumbnail 
Formula
SiO2 (RRUFF)
Locality
Dora Maira Massif, Cuneo prov., Piedmont, Italy

Small piece composed of sugary white Coesite, platy crystals of a hi-Si Muscovite, and pale pink subhedral Pyrope crystals to 4mm. Rather unusual sample from a high pressure geologic environment!

Coesite

Formula
SiO2 
Crystal System
Monoclinic 
Crystal Habit
Inclusions 
Cleavage
None, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
colorless 
Streak
white 
Class
Monoclinic - Prismatic 
Fracture
Conchoidal 
Hardness
7.5 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

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Phillips Collection
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