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Almandine

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Description
Locality: 
Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.10cm
Description

Deep red translucent almandine crystals in a banded white quartz matrix. The main for is the trapezohedron {211}, with some vertices modified by cube faces. No damage.

Found in 2013.

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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