| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Connecticut > Almandine Garnet |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 76414 |
| Mineral: | Almandine Garnet |
| Locality: | Almandine Garnet Locality, Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut |
| Description: | Large rounded dodecahedral almandine garnet crystal with remnants of quartz-biotite matrix on the bottom. The amandine crystal has fine gray mineral filling subparallel fractures, and the crystal faces are composed of fine parallel striations. Collected by Tom Minnich ca. 1994 |
| Overall Size: | 5.5x5.5x5.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 55 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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