3dz2.com

image banner

SC368 - Garnet


Locality: Mali (MINDAT)
Size: 2 cm - Thumbnail (<1 inch)
Weight: 16.1 g
minID: T97-RYV

Small, perfect, rhombic dodecahedron garnet crystal. When held against a strong light, fibers are visible on the edges, where the crystal is most translucent. Some sources say it is rutile, other some fibrous amphibole.

Photo in normal light.
Last update: 12 April 2021