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Almandine

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Almandine

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Description
Locality: 
Granatenkogel North, Gaisberg Valley, Ötztal, Tyrol, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
21.6 × 11.5 × 5 cm
Description

Almandine on matrix from Granatenkogel, Austria.

Huge specimen with more than a dozen almandine. Largest crystal size is about 3.2 cm.

The almandine are very good separated from the silver-metallic schist matrix and in nice condition.
Also on backsight well separaded big almandine (last foto).
 

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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