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Garnet Var Spessartine

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Garnet Var Spessartine

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Description
Locality: 
Chutran, Basha Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6 × 6.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

Gemmy deep red and lustrous crystals garnets on albite matrix with quartz crystals. Very attractive contrast of the red garnet with the white matrix.

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
Foxminer

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