Spessartite / Garnet
Spessartite / Garnet

Spessartite / Garnet

€28,00
SKU: A554
Sahanivotry Manandona, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
On this pretty little step there are several highly shiny garnet crystals, all of which are undamaged.
2.5x2.3x1.5 cm
10.1 g

The orange to dark red Spessartine from Loliondo is 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.