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Garnet Var Almandine

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Garnet Var Almandine

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Description
Locality: 
Serrote Redondo, Pedra Lavrada, Borborema Province, Paraiba, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 3.6 × 2.7 cm
Description

Almandine garnet crystal exposed in the center of a quartz nodule from an unusual alluvial deposit. The garnet crystal is nicely exposed. This is old material and hard to obtain in our days!

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