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Pyrope Almandine Garnet

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Pyrope Almandine Garnet

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Description
Locality: 
Lundazi District, Eastern Province, Zambia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15 × 12 × 8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

Numerous pyrope porphyroblasts to 7 mm of bright red crystals in schist matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrope

Formula: 
Mg3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Czech Republic

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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