Very elongated Staurolite crystals with dodecahedral Almandine crystals all on a leafy Muscovite matrix. The crystals are untwined, which is very unusual, and are very bright with a very deep brown color. Among the best from the locality. The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2017, page 82, in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on page 347 in the volume 93, number 4, Jul/Aug 2018, and in the book "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" (page 401)
Keivy Mountains, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region Russia (±2000)
Specimen size: 17.8 × 12.2 × 3.2 cm = 7.01” × 4.80” × 1.26”
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