Spessartite / Garnet
Spessartite / Garnet
Spessartite / Garnet

Spessartite / Garnet

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SKU: A300
Loliondo, Ngorongoro district, Arusha Region, Tanzania
A smaller Spessartite of perfect color; with very good faces on the top; not quite complete on the underside.
1.0x1.0x0.8 cm
1.6 g

The orange to dark red Spessartites from Loliondo are usually picked up loosely by the locals. They are rarely recovered (and offered) with the loose matrix. The crystals usually show the icositetrahedron, more rarely the rhombic dodecahedron. Hematite inclusions are responsible for a red color. Other inclusions include Braunite, Muscovite, Quartz and Zircon.