Almandine -

mineral garnet group of silicate clusters. B elongs to a group of minerals common, widespread. The name comes from Alabanda, the former name of a town in Asia Minor, where the finest specimens of polished stones. Creates a well-educated, is ometric crystals of diamond-shaped conformation dwunastościanu. Typically occurs as the mineral rooted. It is crisp, clear, creates crystals mixed with Pyrope - called rodolitem. Some crystals show Asterism in the form of a four star.