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MD-155879
Spessartine
Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Thumbnail, 2.6 x 2.1 x 1.4 cm
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A stunning thumber of spessartine garnet, with a deep wine-red, 1.4-cm crystal perched atop stark white contrasting euhedral cleavelandite, surrounded by a few little "accessory" spessartines. A superb competition-level thumbnail from the noted collection of Al Young, who has won the Desautels and Lidstrom prizes for other thumbnails from his collection.