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Spessartine & Albite

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Spessartine & Albite

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Description
Locality: 
Navazales Quarry, Bustarviejo, Madrid, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 5 × 3.3 cm
Weight: 
77.00gr
Description

Very nice combination of garnets with albite in an orthoclase matrix from this famous quarry in Madrid, which is now closed. The first two photos show one of the crystals magnified so that its beauty can be better observed.

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

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

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