| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Pakistan > Almandine-Spessartine Garnet on Microcline |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 54001 |
| Mineral: | Almandine-Spessartine Garnet on Microcline |
| Locality: | Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
| Description: | Large translucent dark red-brown trapezohedral garnet crystals up to 20 mm across intergrown with white microcline. Note the unusual finely striated crystal faces. The exact species of garnet is either almandine or spessartine, both occur in the area. |
| Overall Size: | 30x22x21 mm |
| Crystals: | 0.5-20.0 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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