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Almandine

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Almandine

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Description
Locality: 
Syros Island, South Aegean, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 2.7 × 1.5 cm
Description

orange brown well terminated 1 cm crystal with some blue longprismatic Glaucophane crystals in Muscovite-Quartz matrix

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