| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Pakistan > Spessartine Garnet on Quartz |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 72275 |
| Mineral: | Spessartine Garnet on Quartz |
| Locality: | Teston, Braldu Valley, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
| Description: | Large 42 mm lustrous translucent red-brown spessartine garnet crystal intergrown with lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals to 14 mm. The spessartine garnet crystal is trapezohedral form with complex crystallization patterns on the faces. Ex. G. McLoughlin collection, originally acquired in 2001 from D. Blauwet |
| Overall Size: | 5x4x3 cm |
| Crystals: | 4-42 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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