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Spessartine With Hausmannite

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Description
Locality: 
Thapsana, Paros Island, Paros, South Aegean, Greece
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 1.5 × 1.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Weight: 
5.00gr
Description

One of the rarities of the current auctions is this combo of hausmannite and spessartite garnet. A group of orange to blood red spessartite garnet is grown on top of massive crude pitch black hausmannite.
Main spessartite crystals are in outstanding conditions, with excellent luster and also local transparency. Faces are well-developed, quite a rare feature for the locality.

A Greek rarity, usually found in the collections of Greek discriminating collectors. It comes from a fairly limited spot on Paros island, and it is considered a very sought-after oddity. This is one of the two in my Greek suite.

One of my richest Greek hausmannite specimens. Straight out of my collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hausmannite

Formula: 
Mn2+Mn3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.10
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Oehrenstock (Öhrenstock), Langewiesen, Ilmenau District, Thuringian Forest, Thuringia, Germany

Spessartine

Formula: 
Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sommer quarry, Wendelberg, Haibach, Aschaffenburg, Spessart, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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