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Spessartine & Quartz

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Spessartine & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Tongbei, Yunxiao County, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3.3 × 3.8 cm
Description

Spessartine up to 8mm across. A very aesthetic assemble of lustrouse, sharp spessartine and dark smoky quartz on white feldspar. The spessartine show excellent, dark intense color. No significent damages to report, accept the specimen was on the rock.

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White