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Staurolite & Almandine

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Staurolite & Almandine

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Description
Locality: 
Keivy Mountains, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
20 × 15 × 4 cm
Description

Elongated brown staurolite crystals with purplish dodecahedral almandine crystals on a schist matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Staurolite

Formula: 
Fe2+2Al9O6(SiO4)4(O,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.30
Crystal System: 
‎Monoclinic
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Colour: 
Brown

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