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Almandine Biotite & Quartz

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Almandine Biotite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Vestfold Hills, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
21 × 12 × 9 cm
Description

This specimen is an almandine garnet, biotite, quartz gneiss from Antarctica!

Antarctic material is very hard to come by and this was acquired prior to the mineral resource treaty.

Shipping is expensive due to the weight of the specimen - just over 2 kilograms.

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

Biotite

Group Parent: 
Mica Group

Quartz

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

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Shipping Information

Postage Area Price
Australia
$25
United States
$80
Europe
$90
Asia
$60