Andradite

Andradite

Andradite was named James Dwight Dana in 1868 in honor of José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva [June 13, 1763 Santos, Brazil - April 6, 1838 Niterói, Brazil]

Data:

Formula Ca3Fe3 + 2 (SiO4) 3
Color                    Yellow, greenish yellow to emerald green, dark green; brown, brownish red, brownish yellow; greyish black, black
Gloss Adamatin, Resiny, Dull
Hardness 6.5 - 7
Specific Gravity 3.8 - 3.9
Crystal System Isometric
Transparency Transparant, Translucent
Location Drammen, Buskerud, Norway

Andradite is named after José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva a Brazilian mineralogist. He first described and mentioned what Dana (1868) defined as a sub-variety of andradite.

d'Andrada had previously discovered, in 1800, a yellowish-gray mineral from a mine near Drammen, Buskerud, Norway. He described and called this mineral allochroite (d'Andrada 1800), from the Greek αλλος, another, and χροια, color, as a result of the color change of the heated product with sodium ammonium hydrogen phosphate as a reagent in blowpipe analysis during cooling.

Andradite is found in skarns, (rocks consisting of limestones and silicates, which are formed from carbonates that come into contact with magma), in chlorite slates & serpentinites and in alkaline, titanium-containing igneous rocks

This group consists of: Demantoite, Melanite, Topazolite.

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