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Almandine

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Almandine

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Description
Locality: 
Gorgona-Stirigma Area, Xanthi Prefecture, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4.5 × 2.2 cm
Description

Spherical shaped red-black almandine crystals hosted in altered gneiss matrix. Very nice specimen from a little known Greek locality, nice addition to a garnet collection.

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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