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Almandine Garnet from Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

 
Almandine Garnet from Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Almandine Garnet from Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Almandine Garnet from Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

DESCRIPTION:No. 46826
Mineral:Almandine Garnet
Locality:Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, New Hampshire
Description:Wine-red trapezohedral almandine garnet in quartz-albite-muscovite pegmatite. The almandine garnet crystal is half exposed and has slightly striated crystal faces. Ex. Harvard Mineralogical Museum no. 81179; collected in 1923 by Charles Palache (1869-1954)
Overall Size:4x4x3 cm
Crystals:20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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