3.3" Impressive Almandine Garnets in Schist - Tyrol, Austria

Impressive Almandine Garnets in Schist - Tyrol, Austria #209534

This is an incredible, 3.3" wide specimen which features two exposed almandine garnets and three additional, partially exposed garnets within a schist matrix. It was collected from the famous Granatenkogel North Slope of Tyrol, Austria, a location that's well known for its large and fascinating garnet specimens. The facets on the two largest garnets have been buffed and polished following the meticulous prep to expose them from their schist matrix. This is truly an impressive specimen.

The largest garnet measures 2" wide across its longest measurement. It comes with an acrylic display stand.

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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