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MA27AL7: Andradite crystals (demantoid variety) of good size and with a balance between trapezohedron and rhombododecahedron faces. Between transparent and translucent, with good luster and a very intense and uniform green color. On matrix, with aggregates of small Calcite crystals.
Antetezambato outcrop, Antetezambato, Maherivaratra Commune, Ambanja District, Antsiranana Province Madagascar (2010)
Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.4 × 4.7 cm = 2.60” × 2.13” × 1.85”
Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.1 cm = 0.67” × 0.43”
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