mineral general info

Andradite

Origin: Bibi-Ghauker, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan

Sample size: 7.5 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm

Origin: Serifos, Greece

Sample size: 6.3 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm

Andradite on hematite

Origin: N''Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, South Africa

Sample size: 3.2 x 3 x 2.8 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

Origin: Concepcion del Oro, Mun. de Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico

Sample size: 6 x 5.3 x 3.1 cm matrix, the top covered by crude reddish-brown crystals of andradite to 27 mm in size

Origin: Stanley Butte area, San Carlos, Stanley District, Pinaleno Mts., Graham Co., Arizona, U.S.A.

Sample size: 6 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich

Demantoid on calcite

Origin: Tubussis Farm, Usakos, Karibib, Namibia, Africa

Sample size: 3.1 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm

Photo courtesy of:

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co