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Spessartine Garnet on Microcline and Quartz from Shengus, Skardu Road, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

 
Spessartine Garnet on Microcline and Quartz from Shengus, Skardu Road, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Spessartine Garnet on Microcline and Quartz from Shengus, Skardu Road, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Spessartine Garnet on Microcline and Quartz from Shengus, Skardu Road, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

DESCRIPTION:No. 78922
Mineral:Spessartine Garnet on Microcline and Quartz
Locality:Shengus, Skardu Road, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Description:Many lustrous transparent dark-red spessartine garnet crystals scattered over white microcline and quartz matrix. The spessartine crystals dodecahedral form, with striations composed of many smaller parallel stepped crystal faces.
Overall Size:27x22x15 mm
Crystals:0.5-5.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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