Spessartine, Galena

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Here is a real old-timer - a big, 2.5-cm burgundy spessartine garnet, embedded in a euhedral crystal of galena. Just about all of those anomalies you see on the spessartine crystal faces are natural "cut-glass" modifications, very pretty; there is only one small rough area where the crystal grew against something. The faces of the crystal are lustrous, and you can see into them - it is slightly transparent. Ex. Elling Collection.