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Spessartine On Cleavelandite

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Spessartine On Cleavelandite

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Locality: 
Little Three Mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm
Weight: 
5.00gr
Description

A wonderful example of this classic American locale. A single spessartine crystal sits on a bed of Albite var. Cleavelandite, The Little Three Mine in San Diego County produces some  of the world's finest spessartine crystals, and the "Fanta orange" color on this specimen is precisely what you want to be looking for. A great and aesthetic thumbnail, locally mined!

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

Cleavelandite

Variety Of: 

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Hardness: 
0.0

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