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Spessartine-Grossular Garnet on Albite, Quartz, Schorl from Pakora, near Apaligun, Braldu Valley, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

 
Spessartine-Grossular Garnet on Albite, Quartz, Schorl from Pakora, near Apaligun, Braldu Valley, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Spessartine-Grossular Garnet on Albite, Quartz, Schorl from Pakora, near Apaligun, Braldu Valley, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Spessartine-Grossular Garnet on Albite, Quartz, Schorl from Pakora, near Apaligun, Braldu Valley, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

DESCRIPTION:No. 54988
Mineral:Spessartine-Grossular Garnet on Albite, Quartz, Schorl
Locality:Pakora, near Apaligun, Braldu Valley, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Description:Lustrous transparent orange-brown dodecahedral garnet crystals (either spessartine or grossular) to 6 mm, with complex parallel crystallization patterns on the surfaces, on tabular white albite crystals to 10 mm with black schorl and colorless quartz.
Overall Size:5x4x3.5 cm
Crystals:0.5-10.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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