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Almandine

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Almandine

ex Dr. H.-J.Wilke

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Description
Locality: 
Frikstad #2 Pegmatite, Frikstad, Iveland, Agder, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 7.8 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.50cm
Description

A very nice 3.5 cm, complex almandine crystal is set on a matrix of muscovite and almandine crystals; from the quarry Li, close to Frikstad, Iveland in the pegmatite region of Southern Norway; collected by H.-J.Wilke in the 1970ies.

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

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