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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 cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Well formed lustrous almandine crystals on gneiss rock matrix. Rich specimen with top quality for the locality almandine crystals. Very nice addition in a garnet collection, locality is remote and good specimens not easy to find.

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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