AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Brazil > Almandine Garnet in Quartz |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 70461 |
Mineral: | Almandine Garnet in Quartz |
Locality: | near Tenente Ananias, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil |
Description: | Lustrous transparent red almandine garnet crystal exposed on the edge of colorless quartz. The Almandine garnet crystal is a combination of dodecahedral and trapezohedral forms and has excellent transparency making the red color very apparent. |
Overall Size: | 30x21x12 mm |
Crystals: | 14 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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