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Spessartine

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Spessartine

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Otratnaya Nunatak, Northern Gruber Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 2.5 × 1.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.05cm
Description

orange-brownish bright luster well terminated gemmy crystals of 0,5 mm on white albite-quartz matrix. Spessartine crystals from antarctica, you do not see that all too often

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