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Almandine

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Almandine

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Description
Locality: 
Serrote Redondo, Pedra Lavrada, Borborema Province, Paraiba, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 3.7 × 3.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.80cm
Description

Nodular aggregate of microcrystalline quartz embedding a group of almandine crystals of dark red colour and good lustre. The crystals are nicely exposed, are free of damages and have well defined faces and edges.

With a handwritten label of Wolfgang Heller.

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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