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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 77251 |
| Mineral: | Almandine Garnet |
| Locality: | Russell, Hampden County, Massachusetts |
| Description: | Lustrous brown-black almandine garnet crystals on one face of albite-muscovite matrix. The almandine crystals are trapezohedral form with smooth crystal faces. A classic New England garnet specimen collected ca. 1880 from a one-time find. From my personal collection; originally acquired in 1995 |
| Overall Size: | 10x5x4 cm |
| Crystals: | 2-15 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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