Spessartine Garnet
Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 07.16.2022 | Filed under:

Spessartine Garnet

Specimen # 200708
Mineral: Spessartine Garnet
Location: Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 6.6 x 5.1 x 4.5 cm

Description

This is a superb spessartine set in the side of a quartz crystal, and associated with snow-white albite. The 1.7 cm spessartine is deep red with top glassy lustre, and it is pristine. The spessartine crystal is actually subtly parallel growth, and it exhibits a fantastic balance between trapezohedral and dodecahedral faces – this is quite rare for Pakistan. From the Gerald Panneton collection. The contrast is great – this is a fantastic display specimen.

 

Additional information

Dimensions 15 × 26 × 20 cm

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