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Almandine

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Description
Locality: 
Bong Mine, Bong Town, Fuamah, Bong County, Liberia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm
Description

 

Dark red crystals up to 8 mm on Quartz matrix. Interesting specimen from a really rare location in Western Africa

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Almandine

Formula: 
Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Alabanda, Aydin Province, Aegean Region, Turkey