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Spessartine On Feldspar

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Spessartine On Feldspar

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Description
Locality: 
Latinka, Ardino, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.9 × 5.6 × 5 cm
Description

Here is an excellent example of Bulgarian spessartine with gemmy and lustrous crystals of reddish spessartine on contrasting feldspar matrix. From a pegmatite near Latinka!

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

Feldspar

Group Parent: 
Feldspar Group

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