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Almandine

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Almandine crystals on matrix, 8.6 cm, from Russell, Massachusetts. Photo by Jeff Scovil.

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SpeciesAlmandine
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions8.6 cm
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityUSA, Massachusetts, Berkshire County
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collections In American Northeast page 455
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James Zigras

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Almandine
Mineral guide
Learn about Almandine
iron-rich garnet with deep wine-red dodecahedral crystals, metamorphic origins in mica schists, and collectible matrix pieces with star garnets.
Almandine
Regional guide
Almandine from Berkshire County
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Locality guide
Berkshire County
Berkshire County, USA — a diverse collecting locale famed for almandine-rich garnet-schist, historic Richmond gibbsite type-locality, and old-iron ore geology.