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Spessartine On Orthoclase

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Spessartine On Orthoclase

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Description
Locality: 
Tongbei, Yunxiao County, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 10 × 7.6 cm
Weight: 
251.00gr
Description

Arsthetic specimen from China with a lot of gemmy spessartine crystals of excellent brightness and good transparency in a beautiful red color in graduated shading (up to orange red) on crystallized creamy orthoclase

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

Orthoclase

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White

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