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Almandine

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Almandine

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Description
Locality: 
Ahladia, Kato Nevrokopi, Drama, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 3 × 1.7 cm
Description

Well formed dodecahedral almandine crystal of red-black color, good luster and with parts quite transparent when close to light source. Big for the locality with nice balance on mica schist. Almandine from Ahladia at this quality are considered the best in northern Greece.

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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