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Garnet Var Spessartine

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QBM943601

Garnet Var Spessartine

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Description
Locality: 
Tongbei, Yunxiao County, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 2.9 × 2 cm
Description

A shiny and colorful specimen of gem and fine spessartine garnet crystals to 7mm from Tongbei, China. The spessartines are transparent with a rich red-orange color. They have a sharp habit. The faces are lustrous with nice striations. In excellent condition – outside edge contacts. On acrylic base.

Splendid!

Shipping weight up to 0.250 kg

#19959

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