Almandine, Muscovite

Locality: Woodlawn Quarry, Wilmington, New Castle Co., Delaware, USA

Note: The mineral species Almandine is not listed in our database for this locality. This specimen may be misidentified or the mindat list of minerals at this locality may be incomplete.

Almandine on Muscovite; crystal 2.4 cm x 2.0 cm, matrix 3.7 cm long; collector/photographer Arthur Koch

This is another nice matrix garnet, and is also one of the biggest garnets from the site. It's part of my personal collection.

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Photo added: 11th Sep 2007

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