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Spessartine

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Spessartine

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Description
Locality: 
Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 6 × 3.5 cm
Description

Sharp and lustrous, deep wine-red spessartine crystals on snow-white albite crystals.

Beautiful specimen from Armin Wendland collection.

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