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Almandine

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Description
Locality: 
Garnet Hill, White Pine County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.3 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

A very gemmy deep red-brown andradite crystal on matrix.

Garnets from this locality were very often mislabeled as '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

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