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Spessartine On Orthoclase & Smoky Quartz

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Spessartine On Orthoclase & Smoky Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Vishnevo, Banite Obshtina, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 10.3 × 4.4 cm
Description

This is a very particular specimen. Spessartine on Orthoclase with Smoky Quartz. The garnets remind on them from Pakistan. But this specimen comes from an unknown area in Bulgaria. A piece you won´t find on the market. The specimen is in a very good condition.

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

Orthoclase

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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

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