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Also known as Cdr

Calderite is a mineral in the garnet group with the chemical formula (Mn2+, Ca)3(Fe3+, Al)2(SiO4)3.

Key facts

Mineral.name
Calderite
Mineral.category
Silicate mineral
Mineral.image
Calderite garnet.jpg
Mineral.imagesize
260px
Mineral.alt
Dark red hexoctahedral crystals on light colored rock
Mineral.caption
Calderite crystals on matrix from Sunndal Municipality Norway
Mineral.formula
(Mn2+Ca)3(Fe3+Al)2(SiO4)3
Mineral.IMAsymbol
Cdr
Mineral.strunz
9.AD.25 (10 ed) 8/A.08–40 (8 ed)
Mineral.dana
51.4.3a.6
Mineral.system
Cubic
Mineral.class
Hexoctahedral (mm) H-M symbol: (4/m 2/m)
Mineral.symmetry
Iad
Mineral.unit cell
a = 11.819 Å; Z = 8
Mineral.color
brownish red to brownish yellow
Mineral.cleavage
None
Mineral.mohs
6.5–7.5
Mineral.luster
Vitreous

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Calderite garnet.jpg
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Commons category
Calderite
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
9.AD.25
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
9.AD.25
time of discovery or invention
1952-00-00
IMA Mineral Symbol
Cdr
chemical formula
(Mn²⁺,Ca)₃(Fe³⁺,Al)₂(SiO₄)₃
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
VIII/A.06b
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Calderite is a mineral in the garnet group with the chemical formula (Mn2+, Ca)3(Fe3+, Al)2(SiO4)3.

It is dark reddish brown to dark yellowish in color and generally granular massive in form.

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