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Almandine

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Almandine

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Description
Locality: 
Kato Nevrokopi Basin, Drama, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Well formed and partly semi-transparent cherry red to black almandine garnet crystal on a schist rock matrix.No damages except natural etching.

Despite the fact that it is the most common garnet,almandine is generally hard to find in well formed crystals in Greece.

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

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