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Spessartine

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Spessartine

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Description
Locality: 
Spitzkopje Area, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

Five superb, brilliant deep redbrown modified dodecahedrons partially imbedded in pegmatite matrix.

Beautiful specimen collected 1968

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