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Garnet Var Spessartine & Smoky Quartz

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Garnet Var Spessartine & Smoky Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Wushan Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao County, Fujian Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.7 × 9.6 × 5.3 cm
Description

Here we have an awesome matrix specimen from Wushan in China. The base is completely covered in hundrets of deep red and sparkling crystals of spessartine. On top there are some well formed and lustrous smoky quartz crystals poking out. Also the smokys have several spessartine crystals attached to their lower area which gives a super eye-catching ensamble.

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

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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

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