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Spessartine On Quartz

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Spessartine On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Guangning County, Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 4.7 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Weight: 
128.00gr
Description

Aesthetic group of pale smoky quartz decorated with at least a dozen sharp, lustrous, blood red spessartite crystals.

Quite pleasant, this is a nice display specimen. In great conditions, from a famous find.

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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