| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from North Carolina > Almandine Garnet |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 43640 |
| Mineral: | Almandine Garnet |
| Locality: | Bear Creek District, Mitchell County, North Carolina |
| Description: | Sharp black trapezohedral almandine garnet crystals in muscovite-albite-quartz pegmatite. The crystals are about one-half complete and altered into the surrounding pegmatite on the rear. One corner has a small chip missing. Ex. Ned Blandford, originally acquired in 1949 |
| Overall Size: | 3.5x3x2.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 15-21 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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