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Garnet Var Spessartine

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Garnet Var Spessartine

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Description
Locality: 
Garnet Hill, White Pine County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 2 × 1.3 cm
Description

Sharp deep red garnets on rhyolite ( 1x1.7x1.2 cm )  ( 0.8x1.2x1.2 cm )

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