'CHERRY CAKE' ROCK - Norway
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Amphibolite with garnets
Akland, Southern Norway
‘Cherry cake rock’ is a name sometmes given to an amphibolite rock from Southern Norway, characterized by red almandine garnet crystals embedded in a black hornblende and white plagioclase feldspar matrix, reminiscent of cherries in a cake.
An interesting specimen.
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Size: 9.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 centimetres
Weight: 255 grams
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