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Spessartine On Galena

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Spessartine On Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 6.5 × 1.7 cm
Description

From the famous mine that has given exceptional spessartine crystals and the best rhodonite crystals we know of,this is a large plate full of red gemmy,lustrous and super sharp spessartine crystals!The color of the crystals is wine red,the paragennesis unique,and the size of the specimen hard to find,since most pieces are full of internal cracks and come already broken.Only one missing crystal!

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

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

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