Mineral: Spessartine
Locality: Oyo State, Nigeria
Dimensions: 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm / main crystal: 1.8 cm

Description: Mass: 11 g MIM number:1985 Two identical, transparent, intergrown, perfectly formed rhombic dodecahedra (the edge length of each dodecahedron being 0.8 cm even), of beautiful orange color. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence

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