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Spessartine

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Spessartine

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Description
Locality: 
Brazil
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Description

A 1.2 cm single crystal of Spessartine garnet from Brazil mounted in a glass flacon. Comes with an early 20th century label of famous german dealer Wilhelm Maucher (1879-1930), Munich.

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