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Spessartine

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Description
Locality: 
Aquarius Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 6 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Description

A 1.2 cm lustrous and sharp spessartine is set on rhyolite matrix. This is excellent and seldom available material from the Aquarius Mountains. Ex Wendland collection, Germany - acquired 1988.

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