Constituent
- Name
- (hydro)grossular
- IMA name
- Garnet group
- Class
- silicate mineral
- Compound type
- nesosilicate
- Relevance
- main - major
- Arrangement
- homogeneous in multi-phases
- Mass fraction
- 0.03 $\pm$ 0.1
- Abundance comments
- Approximately half of the sample
- Formula
- $A_3B_2(SiO_4)_3 \ \ \ \ \ $ where $A = Ca, Mg,Fe^{2+},$ and/or $Mn \ \ \ $ and $B = Al, Cr,$ and/or $Fe^{3+}$
- Chemical formula
- A3B2(SiO4)3
- Elemental formula
- (Ca)0-3 (Fe2+)0-3 (Mg2+)0-3 (Mn2+)0-3 (Al)0-2 (Cr)0-2 (Fe3+)0-2 Si3 O12
- Isotope mixture type
- terrestrial abundance
Strunz
- Class
- silicates (09)
- Division
- nesosilicate (09.A)
- Family
- Nesosilicates without additional anions (09.AD)
Dana
- Major class
- silicates (VIII)
- Class
- nesosilicate insular SiO4 groups only (51)
- Type
- with cations in [6] and >[6] coordination (51.04)
- Group
- N/A (N/A)
- Phase type
- crystalline
- Crystal system
- isometric (cubic)
- Crystal class
- hexoctahedral
- Refringence type
- isotropic
- Birefringence
- no
- Color
- various
- Diaphaneity
- various
- Luster
- various