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Garnet Var Spessartine

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Garnet Var Spessartine

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Description
Locality: 
Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Beautiful deep red gemmy spessartine crystals intergrown with sheaves of silvery mica. In the right light they show this amazing structure along the axes, quite remarkable.

Great colour and luster on this specimen.

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
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