Formula: (Ca,Fe,Mg,Mn)3(Al,Cr,Fe,Mn,Si.Ti.V,Zr)2(SiO4)3-x(OH)4x
Origin of name: From Latin granatus = like a grain
Crystal system: Cubic
Crystal class: 4/m -3 2/m
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Colour: Dark yellow, dark reddish-brown
Diaphaneity: Semitransparent
Luster: Vitreous, resinous, adamantine
Habit: Crystals usually dodecahedrons or trapezohedrons; massive; granular
Hardness: 6 to 7.5
Specific gravity: 3.4 to 4.3
Cleavage: {110} parting sometimes developed
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Comments: Members of the garnet group: almandine, andradite, calderite, goldmanite, grossular, henritermierite, hibschite, katoite, kimzeyite, knorringite, majorite, morimotoite, pyrope, schorlomite, spessartine, uvarovite
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