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Almandine On Albite

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Almandine On Albite

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Description
Locality: 
Tveit #3 Feldspar Quarry, Iveland, Agder, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 6.8 × 5.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.80cm
Description

Reddish lustrous almandine crystals on a matrix of albite, quartz and muscovite. The almandine crystals are flattened and reach 18 mm in size. According to the associated information it was collected at the Steli pegmatite.

Collected by J.Sibtsen in 1975-77. Ex Jan Sibtsen #1193.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Almandine

Formula: 
Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Alabanda, Aydin Province, Aegean Region, Turkey

Albite

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

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