AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Pakistan > Spessartine Garnet on Microcline |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 48144 |
Mineral: | Spessartine Garnet on Microcline |
Locality: | Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
Description: | Showy cluster of many lustrous trapezohedral wine-red spessartine garnet crystals to 15 mm on limonite-stained blocky white microcline crystals to 70 mm. The spessartine garnet crystals have feathery crystallization patterns on the edges. |
Overall Size: | 12x8x6 cm |
Crystals: | 1-70 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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