Hydrogrossular is a calcium aluminum garnet, usually found as a green, gray, white and/or pinkish color. Its crystal system is cubular.
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| - Hydrogrossular
- Hydrogrossular
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| - Hydrogrossular is translucent to opaque, and found in green to bluish green, pink, white, and gray. The cause of the green color is chromium, and possibly iron. Pink hydrogrossular is caused by the presence of manganese. Hydrogrossular may have dark gray to black small inclusions. It has similarites to jade, and has the misnomers transvaal jade, and african jade. Hydrogrossular is sometimes used as a gemstone, being cabochon cut, or made into beads. Sources for green and pink hydrogrossular are South Africa, Canada, and the US. White hydrogrossular is sourced from Burma and China.
- Hydrogrossular is a calcium aluminum garnet, usually found as a green, gray, white and/or pinkish color. Its crystal system is cubular.
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opticalprop
| - Single refractive, anomalous aggregate reaction
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| - dark green hydrogrossular often shows cutoff below 460nm. Other color stones may show line around 463nm, indicating some idocrase content
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formula
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Polish
| - vitreous to subadamantine
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pleochroism
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Color
| - green to bluish green, pink, white, gray
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abstract
| - Hydrogrossular is translucent to opaque, and found in green to bluish green, pink, white, and gray. The cause of the green color is chromium, and possibly iron. Pink hydrogrossular is caused by the presence of manganese. Hydrogrossular may have dark gray to black small inclusions. It has similarites to jade, and has the misnomers transvaal jade, and african jade. Hydrogrossular is sometimes used as a gemstone, being cabochon cut, or made into beads. Sources for green and pink hydrogrossular are South Africa, Canada, and the US. White hydrogrossular is sourced from Burma and China.
- Hydrogrossular is a calcium aluminum garnet, usually found as a green, gray, white and/or pinkish color. Its crystal system is cubular.
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