Almandine

specimen number:
2062390

location:
Madagscar Claim #1, Flick Gulch, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA

description:
Neat locality example for the species with semi lustrous large crystals to 3.0 cm in size on matrix. In good condition, the specimen originally came to Ray labeled as Microlite. XRD identification proves this to be almandine.

Madagascar Claim #1 in Flick Gulch, Gunnison County, Colorado, is a small historical mining claim whose precise opening and closing dates are not formally documented in public historical records, though most regional claims in this mineral belt date back to the late 19th or early 20th century mining booms. Geologically, the area is characterized by rugged Precambrian basement rocks, including gneiss and schist, cut by complex pegmatite dikes and locally overlain by younger Tertiary volcanic tuffs and sedimentary deposits.

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