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Spessartine Garnet with Diopside from Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

 
Spessartine Garnet with Diopside from Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Spessartine Garnet with Diopside from Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

DESCRIPTION:No. 58982
Mineral:Spessartine Garnet with Diopside
Locality:Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Description:Lustrous transparent red-orange spessartine garnet crystals to 6 mm mixed with prismatic transparent-to-translucent greenish-brown diopside crystals to 3 mm. The spessartine garnet crystals are distorted trapezohedral form.
Overall Size:3.5x2x1.5 cm
Crystals:1-6 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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