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Garnet Var Spessartine

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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: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm
Description

Beautiful, gemmy spessartine garnet crystals to 10mm growing atop the white base, which underlines them from Tongbei, China. They are well formed with a rich wine-red color. They have a sharp trapezohedral habit. In excellent condition.

Fabulous!

Shipping weight up to 0.500 kg

#20340

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