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Almandine In Muscovite & Moonstone

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Almandine In Muscovite & Moonstone

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Description
Locality: 
Tveit Quarries, Iveland, Agder, Norway
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 4.6 × 1.9 cm
Description

A very interesting specimen of red-brown almandine crystals grown in shiny muscovite mica and moonstone.

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

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White

Moonstone

Variety Of: 

Microcline

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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