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Spessartine & Albite Var Cleavelandite & Smoky

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Spessartine & Albite Var Cleavelandite & Smoky

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Sinai, South Sinai, Egypt
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15.5 × 5.5 × 5 cm
Weight: 
372.00gr
Description

Top fine sample with  deep red Spessartine crystal up to 6 mm side implanted on Cleavelandite crystals and smoky Quartz crystals  up to 12 mm long

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

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

Cleavelandite

Variety Of: 

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Hardness: 
0.0