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Almandine

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Description
Locality: 
Wrangell, Wrangell Island, Alaska, United States of America
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6 × 5.5 cm
Weight: 
530.00gr
Description

This is an old specimen from the classic locality in Alaska for almandine garnets and is one of the largest crystals that I have seen.
 

A huge and well terminated single crystal with a beautiful old handwritten label.

 

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