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Spessartine

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Description
Locality: 
Portugal #2 Quarry, Malpartida, Almeida, Guarda District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 6.8 × 6.1 cm
Description

Sweet specimen showing deep red Spessartine on snow white Albite crystals. The whole specimen is a sphere like cluster of Albite crystals. There are a lot of sparkling red Spessartine crystals covering the surface of this specimen. High quality and perfect condition.

Please watch the video in HD to see the whole specimen!!!

 

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
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