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Spessartine On Feldspar

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Spessartine On Feldspar

Former collection Christian Mavris
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Description
Locality: 
Wushan Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao County, Fujian Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5 × 7.3 × 3.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Weight: 
151.00gr
Description

Creamy feldspar matrix specimen fully covered with dozens of millimetric, deep red to orange spessartine crystals. On the apex of the specimen, a textbook spessartite (with a small contact). The smallest crystals are the most intriguing though due to their partial transparency and good lustre, plus the very evident growth patterns.
From the famous find a few years ago, quite representative. An excellent subject for photography.

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

Feldspar

Group Parent: 
Feldspar Group

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