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Garnet Var Almandine

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Garnet Var Almandine

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Description
Locality: 
Zillertal, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
20 × 12 × 8 cm
Description

Red-brown garnets in mica chist

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