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Almandine

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Description
Locality: 
Tveit #3 Feldspar Quarry, Iveland, Agder, Norway
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

A group of several well developped almandine crystals, partly interestingly striated, partly with interesting patterns on their crystal faces and all of very dark redbrown colour together with some quartz. Specimen from this well-known pegmatite quarry in the Iveland area in Southern Norway. Collected in 1994.

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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