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Spessartine On Rock Crystal

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Spessartine On Rock Crystal

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Description
Locality: 
Shengus, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.9 × 5.9 × 6.6 cm
Description

An undamaged, 2,6 cm Spesaartine perfectly perched on a Rockcrystal cluster. The Spessartine is well developed, sharp edged and lustrous. It is lucent to transparent as well, has a reddish-brown colour and features small disolution forms. The Rockcrystal is transparent, sharp and almost well terminated with a clear horizontal striation. An aesthetic and contrastful specimen.

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

Rock Crystal

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
Hardness: 
0.0
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