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Spessartine

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Description
Locality: 
Æretveit Quarries, Iveland, Agder, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 5 × 2.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Description

A hard to find, good crystal of spessartine on a pegmatite matrix of orthoclase, muscovite and quartz. It is from a remote locality near the town of Evetveit (Norway). With a handwritten label of the German collector Manfred Fabig (specimen #1373), who collected the specimen.

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

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