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Spessartine, Schorl, Albite

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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
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Spessartine with schorl on albite, 6.5 cm, from the Little Three mine, San Diego County, California. Photo by Robert Weldon/GIA.

Product details

Species
Spessartine, Schorl, AlbiteAbout Spessartine →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions6.5 cm
Added on02/13/2026
Locality
USA, California, Little Three MineRegional guide →
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collections In California page 179

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Mineral guide
Learn about Spessartine
(Mn3Al2Si3O12) is the vivid orange garnet prized for gemmy, sharp crystals and brilliant luster; forms with smoky quartz and feldspar.
Spessartine
Regional guide
Spessartine from Little Three Mine, USA
Little Three Mine spessartine is one of the great American pegmatite classics: saturated orange garnet set against white cleavelandite, black schorl, and sometimes smoky quartz. The finest pieces have a look that is immediately recognizable—warm, glowing orange dodecahedral to trapezohedral crystals perched in a graphic, high-contrast San Diego County pegmatite matrix. For collectors, the appeal is not only the color but the entire assemblage: orange spessartine, snowy bladed albite, and jet-black tourmaline in a compact, sculptural pocket specimen.