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Almandine

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Almandine

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Description
Locality: 
Fauskevåg, Harstad, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
16 × 11.5 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.00cm
Weight: 
850.00gr
Description

This is a very attractive and good display specimen of dark wine red  dodecahedral Almandine crystals in good contrasting shist matrix.

Beautiful old specimen with crystals up to 30 mm across.

 

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