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Spessartine Mica & Microcline

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Spessartine Mica & Microcline

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Description
Locality: 
Wushan Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao County, Fujian Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

A very high quality miniature of spessartine garnet crystals on two crossed mica crystals,which are perched on microcline matrix.All species are of great quality and the biggest garnet crystal,sitting on the top of display,in the middle of the biggest mica,is very gemmy,twinned and unusually lustrous for the locality!The aesthetics are exceptional all around and there is no damage,only a crack running the top of the big mica and garnet,but absolutely stable.

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

Mica

Group Parent: 
Mica Group

Microcline

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic - Pinacoidal
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway

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