A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Almandine (garnet), faceted gemstone |
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| Description | Almandine, Fe3Al2Si3O12 (iron aluminum silicate), is the most common of the garnets and is usually the garnet found in garnet schists. Precious transparent crystals are frequently used as gemstones. This stone is 1 cm across. |
| Location | India |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-11-08. |
| Collection | Ward’s Natural Science, 49 E 6151. |
| Key words | almandine, garnet, India |
| Tech details | 35 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1760 |
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