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Almandine

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Almandine

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Description
Locality: 
Garnet Ledge, Wrangell, Wrangell Island, Alaska, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 7.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

An old specimen from the classic locality in Alaska for Almandine garnets. Here are two wine-red Almandine garnets in silvery micaschist matrix. The bottom is sawn so the specimen stnads by itself.

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

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