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Garnet Var Almandine

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Garnet Var Almandine

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Description
Locality: 
Garnet Ledge, Wrangell, Wrangell Island, Alaska, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.8 × 4.1 × 2.8 cm
Description

What an esthetic beauty. This perfect positioned crystal of almandine from Alaska shows super intense colour, a great lustre all around and the positioning speaks for itself. The crystal is almost completely free standing at the very top of its mother rock. For sure a fantastic specimen.

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