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Almandine from
Mouth of the Russian River area, Jenner, Russian River Mining District, Coast Range, Sonoma County, California, USA


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Almandine, etc.

Mouth of the Russian River area, Jenner, Russian River Mining District, Coast Range, Sonoma County, California, USA
08422390017272298554457.jpg
Almandine, etc.

Mouth of the Russian River area, Jenner, Russian River Mining District, Coast Range, Sonoma County, California, USA
08422390017272298554457.jpg
Almandine, etc.

Mouth of the Russian River area, Jenner, Russian River Mining District, Coast Range, Sonoma County, California, USA
Locality type:Area
Classification
Species:Almandine
Formula:Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Comments:Occurs in glaucophane schist.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Glaucophane
Titanite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Glaucophane1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Almandine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mouth of the Russian River area, Jenner, Russian River Mining District, Coast Range, Sonoma County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:641434
Long-form Identifier:1:3:641434:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Almandine
15.1km (9.4 miles) ⓘCamp Meeker, Coast Range, Sonoma County, California, USA
82.2km (51.1 miles) ⓘReed Station, Tiburon Peninsula, Marin County, California, USA
References
Pabst, Adolf (1931) The garnets in the glaucophane schists of California. American Mineralogist, 16 (8) 327-333
Pabst, A. (1955) Manganese content of garnets from the Franciscan schists. American Mineralogist, 40 (9-10) 919-922
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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