Description
These spessartine garnets are from the Wushan Spessartine Mine in Tongbei, Yunxiao Co. Zhangghou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China. This locale contains seventeen different mineral species including spessartine (garnet). It is a silicate and contains the elements Mn, Al, Si, and O. This specimen consists of a terminated quartz crystal with a healed quartz base that hosts several spessartine garnet crystals near the base. This piece measures 1 3/4 x 3/4 x 5/8 inches or 45 x 19 x 16 mm
