4.1" Impressive Almandine Garnet Cluster with Schist - Austria

Impressive Almandine Garnet Cluster with Schist - Austria #316739

This is an impressive, 4.1" wide cluster of 10 to 11 almandine garnets held together by the schist they were exposed from. 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 garnets have been buffed and polished following the meticulous prep to expose them from their schist matrix.

The largest garnet measures 2.3" wide across its longest measurement. 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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