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Mineral Specimen No. 363:
Almandine Garnet from Broadway at 36th Street, Manhattan Island, New York City, New York County, New York.

Description of Mineral Specimen for sale No. 363:

Mineral Species: Almandine Garnet.
Location of origin: Broadway at 36th Street, Manhattan Island, New York City, New York County, New York.
Description: Lustrous well-defined red-black almandine garnet crystals on unusual light-colored albite. The almandine garnet crystals are trapezohedral form with dodecahedral corner faces. Ex. Hal Kramer collection, collected ca. 1905.
Overall size: 4.5x3x3 cm.
Size of individual crystals: 2-20 mm

Mineral Almandine Garnet for sale from Broadway at 36th Street, Manhattan Island, New York City, New York County, New York

Detail view of mineral Almandine Garnet for sale from Broadway at 36th Street, Manhattan Island, New York City, New York County, New York

Detail view of mineral Almandine Garnet for sale from Broadway at 36th Street, Manhattan Island, New York City, New York County, New York

Detail view of mineral Almandine Garnet for sale from Broadway at 36th Street, Manhattan Island, New York City, New York County, New York

Detail view of mineral Almandine Garnet for sale from Broadway at 36th Street, Manhattan Island, New York City, New York County, New York

from the author's private collection of minerals from New York City.

Read the full article at: The Minerals of New York City

 

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