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Spessartine

ex Arthur Landsverk, Iveland

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Description
Locality: 
Birkeland, Iveland, Agder, Norway
Class: 
Mixed Specimens
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm
Description

A rough and cut set of black spessartine: the facetted stone is measuring 1 x 1 x 0.6 cm, its corresponding rough sample measures 2.6 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm. The specimens were collected at the Birkeland pegmatite in 1988 by the known deceased local collector Arthur Landsverk.

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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