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Almandine

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Description
Locality: 
Haupen Valley, Finkenberg, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 4.4 × 3.2 cm
Weight: 
76.00gr
Description

Nice specimen with a lot of free almandine crystals on matrix. Teh specimen was found pre 1976, called by older label.

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