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Spessartine With Smoky Quartz

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Spessartine With Smoky Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Tongbei, Yunxiao County, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.1 × 2.7 × 2.7 cm
Description

Elegant specimen of gemmy spessartine garnet crystals to 7mm growing over a smoky quartz crystal from Tongbei, China. The spessartine crystals are gemmy, with a rich wine-red color. They have a sharp trapezohedral habit. The smoky quartz crystal is sharp, well definite and lustrous. Some small damages. On acrylic base.

Cool!

Shipping weight up to 0.500 kg

#21092

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