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Garnet Var Spessartine

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Garnet Var Spessartine

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Description
Locality: 
Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 6.5 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Well terminated gemmy spessartine crystals hosts feldspar matrix , largest garnet crystal is 1cm , This specimen could further be cleaned. A very good garnet specimen from the locality.

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

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