PreviousNext SPE3650 - SPESSARTINE on MICROCLINE with Smoky QUARTZ $90.00 Locality Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao County, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China Dimensions 66mm x 48mm x 21mm Size Small Cabinet This outstanding specimen consists of undamaged transparent bright orange spessartine crystals to 4 mm across on a tan orthoclase matrix. The spessartines are of the 24-sided tetragonal trisoctahedral habit, with striated faces. There is a 27 x 20 mm muscovite crystal to one side, as well as a number of smaller muscovites scattered across the matrix. See the recent article on this location in the Mineralogical Record, Volume 36, Number 1 (2005), pages 35-43.