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MD-229677
Spessartine
Nani, Loliondo, Arusha Region, Tanzania
Thumbnail, 1.9 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm
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A fine gem example of a spessartine garnet from a major recent find. The full locality information for this deposit is near the town of Loliondo, close to Serengeti National Park and 7 km from the Kenyan border, W-NW of the north end of Lake Natron. It is closed to heavy traffic and on Maasai tribal lands. Some of these are extremely large, but they typically get less transparent as the size gets larger. The crystals light up a pretty orange-red color, similar to a Chinese scheelite, under good light. This crystal weighs 11 grams.