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Spessartine

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Spessartine

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Description
Locality: 
Wushan Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao County, Fujian Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.4 × 4.1 × 2.3 cm
Description

A group of highly lustrous intense colored crystals – they are al isolated and resting on light, well developed feldspat. The contrast is fantastic and quality of the garnets is as good as it could be! Their faces show a wonderful stratiation, and clarity is on very high level –please note, that these images were done under daylight; it didn´t need any lamps to expose color and clarity.

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