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Almandine Garnet from Eagle Gray Quarry, Starks Mountain, Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine

 
Almandine Garnet from Eagle Gray Quarry, Starks Mountain, Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine

Almandine Garnet from Eagle Gray Quarry, Starks Mountain, Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine

Almandine Garnet from Eagle Gray Quarry, Starks Mountain, Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 64903
Mineral:Almandine Garnet
Locality:Eagle Gray Quarry, Starks Mountain, Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Lustrous translucent brown almandine garnet crystal with a fragment of matrix on one side. The almandine garnet crystal is trapezohedral form and has pitted crystal faces where the almandine was intergrown with another mineral that dissolved away.
Overall Size:32x22x21 mm
Crystals:24 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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