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Almandine

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Almandine

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Description
Locality: 
Rambla de las Granatillas, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 7 × 4.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

A good size specimen featuring deep purplish-red trapezohedral garnets of up to 0.6 mm, included in a dacitic rock matrix.

Ex. Rik Dillen specimen.

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

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