As the other garnets andradite crystallizes in the cubic space group Iad, with unit-cell parameter of 12.051 Å at 100 K.The spin structure of andradite contains two mutually canted equivalent antiferromagnetic sublattices below the Néel temperature (TN=11 K ).
Trenutno je zaposlen kot biolog Limpopo Transfrontier Parka in se posveča ekologiji, obenem pa nadaljuje pisateljsko delo.