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Spessartine On Cleavelandite

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Spessartine On Cleavelandite

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Description
Locality: 
Little Three Mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2.4 × 2.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

A bright orange etched crystal of spessartine on greenish white cleavelandite blades from the classic Californian locality for spessartine garnet.

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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

Cleavelandite

Variety Of: 

Albite

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