| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Massachusetts > Almandine Garnet and Dravite in Phyllite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 82369 |
| Mineral: | Almandine Garnet and Dravite in Phyllite |
| Locality: | Red Embers Mine, Erving, Franklin County, Massachusetts |
| Description: | Transparent red almandine garnet crystal and black dravite in a plate of gray phyllite. The almandine garnet crystal is trapezohedral form with dodecahedral corner faces. The rear phyllite was removed behind the garnet crystal, can be rear illuminated. Ex. Miller collection T2652; acquired from E. Greene in 2015 |
| Overall Size: | 21x21x15 mm |
| Crystals: | 3-8 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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