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Albite Spessartine & Muscovite

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Albite Spessartine & Muscovite

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Description
Locality: 
Haramosh Mountains, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.6 × 8.2 × 4.9 cm
Description

Snowy white, lustrous and well terminated Albite crystals formed a tri-angular assemble, which is set on a group of Muscovite crystals. Scattered all over the Albite crystals you can see sparkling, sharp terminated and intense red Spessartine crystals. Minor Schorl is also present. The reverse is partly contacted, no significant damages to report.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

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