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Spessartine On Aquamarine

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Spessartine On Aquamarine

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Description
Locality: 
Shengus, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.4 × 2.9 cm
Description

This specimen is really an oddity. Several, reddish-brown and almost gemmy crystals of Spessartine garnet perched on an association of intergrown crystallized grayish-blue, mostly colourless Aquamarine and cream-white to brown Feldspar,- probably Albite. The Spessartine is multifaced, highly lustrous and multifaced. The Aquamarine shows an interesting pattern on its prism faces and the termination is undamaged. Despite the piece is not perfect, it is a great and strange piece.

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

Aquamarine

Variety Of: 

Beryl

Formula: 
Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Formula: 
Be3Al2Si6O18
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Blue
Streak: 
White
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