3.05" Spectacular Almandine Garnet in Schist - Tyrol, Austria

Spectacular Almandine Garnet in Schist - Tyrol, Austria #240651

This is an incredible, 3.05" wide (longest measurement) almandine garnet within a schist matrix. It was collected from the famous Granatenkogel North Slope of Tyrol, Austria, a location well known for its large and fascinating garnet specimens. The facets on the garnet has been buffed and polished following the meticulous prep to expose it from the schist matrix. This is truly an impressive specimen.

The base of the schist has been cut flat, however the specimen is accompanied by an acrylic display stand to assist with preferred presentation.

Garnets are nesosilicates with the general formula X3Y2(SiO4)3. Garnets come in many species, including pyrope, almandine (the most common species), spessartine, uvarovite, andradite and grossular, varieties of which are hessonite, cinnamon-stone, and tsavorite. Garnets are found in a wide variety of colors including red, orange, yellow, green, purple, brown, blue, black, pink, and colorless, though reddish shades are the most common.

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