| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Pakistan > Spessartine Garnet on Microcline |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 77236 |
| Mineral: | Spessartine Garnet on Microcline |
| Locality: | Shengus, Skardu Road, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
| Description: | Lustrous trapezohedral wine-red spessartine garnet crystals to 13 mm on translucent white 40 mm microcline crystal. The spessartine crystals have unusual microscopic parallel patterns on the faces and edges that simultaneously reflect light. |
| Overall Size: | 4x3x2.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 2-13 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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