Mineral: Spessartine on Albite
Locality: Galiléia, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Dimensions: 2,5 x 2,0 x 3,5 cm

Description: Main crystal size: 2,1 cm Translucent, red, trapezoidal icositetrahedron with a natural fissure, resting on the summit of a small group of strips of albite sprinkled with small spessartites MIM number 1166 Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu)

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