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Spessartine With Albite & Quartz

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Spessartine With Albite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Shengus, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6 × 5.3 cm
Description

A doubly terminated undamaged quartz crystal with a length of 8 cm. The quartz crystal has grown on white shiny albite crystals in combination with muskovit and some albit matrix. Single high-gloss and transparent spessartine sit model-like on quartz crystals and albites. Very showy and lustrous!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spessartine

Formula: 
Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sommer quarry, Wendelberg, Haibach, Aschaffenburg, Spessart, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White