Almandine
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Description:
Small, dark red almandine garnet crystals in hornblende schist.
- Site: NC; Buncombe Co.
- Site Number: NH52K
- Rock type: Metamorphic
- Chemical Composition: Nesosilicate
- Collection: Geology Collection
- Object Name: Garnet
- Object Id: GM4197
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