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Spessartine & Muscovite

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Spessartine & Muscovite

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Description
Locality: 
Shengus, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 4 × 3.1 cm
Description

A really huge spessartine crystal aesthetically perched on small matrix with muscovite. The crystal is sharp terminated, dark red and highly lustrous. It is not perfect and a part of the backside was on the rock, but overall it is in good condition and really impressive, caused by size and aesthetic assemble.

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

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White