Spessartine
at-auction$ 20
- Locality
- Nani, Loliondo, Tanzania
- Minerals
- Spessartine
- Dimensions
- 2.2 x 2 x 2 cm
- Size class
- Thumbnail
- SID
- K753
Complete orange Spessartine crystal from old finds in Tanzania. These were mostly found as partial or damaged crystals with perfect complete crystals such as this much less common. Good form with no significant damage - I found two trivial nicks on the whole crystal. There are black Braunite inclusions in this one, but also lots of transparent orange zones, in fact the whole thing is transparent aside from the inclusions (many are just translucent).