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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 46616 |
| Mineral: | Almandine-Spessartine Garnet |
| Locality: | Avondale, Ridley Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania |
| Description: | Large complex crystal of translucent wine-red spessartine-almandine garnet frozen in quartz matrix. The largest spessartine-almandine garnet crystal was fractured in situ and the cracks in-filled with quartz caused by post-crystallization deformation. Ex. Westtown School (founded 1779 in West Chester, Pa.) Collection no. 7169, donated by Lewis Palmer (1837-1872). |
| Overall Size: | 6.5x6x3 cm |
| Crystals: | 12-40 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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