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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 79442 |
| Mineral: | Spessartine Garnet |
| Locality: | Betts Manganese Mines, Plainfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts |
| Description: | Lustrous dark wine-red spessartine garnet crystals on a compact mass of spessartine garnet. The spessartine crystals are trapezohedral form, with satin-like surface luster caused by microscopic crystallization patterns on the surfaces. Collected by D. Swenson in June 2008 |
| Overall Size: | 26x25x15 mm |
| Crystals: | 10-14 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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