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Almandine On Rhyolite

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Almandine On Rhyolite

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Description
Locality: 
Garnet Hill, White Pine County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 6 × 3.7 cm
Description

A beautiful almandine garnet from Garnet Hill with lustrous, very deep red, sharp and well-formed faces! In my research I read that this is almandine and not spessartine.

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