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Almandine in Muscovite

#DC34440
SOLD
Almandine from Harts Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia - DC34440
Almandine from Harts Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia - DC34440

Almandine in Muscovite

#DC34440
Availability
Sold
Size
4 x 6.5 x 3 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Formula
Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3 (RRUFF)
Locality
Harts Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia

A thin book of silvery Muscovite with embedded crystals of candy-red Almandine crystals to 3mm. Neat!

Almandine

Formula
Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3 
Crystal System
Isometric 
Crystal Habit
Equant crystals, rounded grains, typically well-formed dodecahedra or trapezohedra 
Cleavage
None 
Luster
Vitreous - Resinous 
Color
brown, brownish red, red, black, black red 
Streak
white 
Class
Isometric - Hexoctahedral 
Fracture
Brittle - Conchoidal 
Hardness
7-8 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

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