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Almandine

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Description
Locality: 
Donnersbachwald, Irdning-Donnersbachtal, Liezen District, Styria, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 10 × 3.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.30cm
Description

Typical Almandine specimen from the rich location. The crystals look damaged on the some edges but this is how they appear after carefully preparation. They stick completly inside the mica shist. The crystals show a special shape due to one sided higher tectonic pressure.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Almandine

Formula: 
Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Alabanda, Aydin Province, Aegean Region, Turkey
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