Author:
Qjure
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
1-40_.__.__
Hessonite
English: Cinnamon stone.
Name: from the Greek hēssōn, meaning inferior.
Clades: Nesosilicates.
Chemical: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3.
Crystal system: Cubic.
Color: red, inclining to orange or yellow, like zircon.
Specific gravity: 3.64 to 3.69, Zircon is ± 4.6.
Hardness: 7.
Region: Sri Lanka, India, Brazil, California.
Habitat: in placer deposits
Mineralogy
Hessonite is a variety of Grossular.