Specifications
Description
Locality: Morocco (sold as Imilchil; material under this name comes from the Agoudim area, Midelt Province)
Description: These specimens are sold under the name "Imilchil", a market town in Morocco's High Atlas. Mindat notes that material sold under this name actually comes from the nearby Agoudim area in Midelt Province. Andradite, including a dark titanium-rich form, and epidote are both recorded there.
Andradite is a calcium iron garnet. Its varieties include green demantoid, yellow to brown topazolite and black melanite. These pieces are the black kind. Epidote is a calcium aluminium iron silicate that often grows as green, striated crystals.
These are lustrous dark garnet crystals with green epidote.
In crystal traditions, epidote is regarded as a protective stone.
Chemical Composition:
Garnet: Ca3Fe2(SiO4)3
Epidote: Ca2(Al2,Fe)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH)
Mini
Approximate Size for 1 piece: 2cm x 2cm x 1.5cm
Approximate Weight for 1 piece: 9g
Small
Approximate Size for 1 piece: 3cm x 3cm x 2cm
Approximate Weight for 1 piece: 30g
Medium
Approximate Size for 1 piece: 4cm x 3cm x 2cm
Approximate Weight for 1 piece: 50g
Large
Approximate Size for 1 piece: 6cm x 4cm x 3cm
Approximate Weight for 1 piece: 95g
X-Large
Approximate Size for 1 piece: 6cm x 4cm x 4cm
Approximate Weight for 1 piece: 110g
XX-Large
Approximate Size for 1 piece: 8cm x 4cm x 3cm
Approximate Weight for 1 piece: 130g
Quantity: 1pc
We do our best to buy quality products- although not every rock is the same. If you choose to purchase the "staff pick option", we will select the best of the batch for you. Otherwise, it will be at random from the larger batch we have in stock.