Title
almandine
Composition
Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Crystal System
Cubic
Status at Tsumeb
Believed valid
Abundance
Extremely rare
Distribution
Country rocks (feldspathic sandstone).
Paragenesis
Rock-forming (detrital).
Type Locality
No
Entry Type
Species TSNB9
General Notes
Detrital almandine occurs sparsely, though widely distributed, in the feldspathic sandstone bodies contained within the Tsumeb pipe structure (Lombaard et al. 1986).
Associated Minerals
albite; biotite series; calcite; clinochlore; epidote; fluorapatite; graphite; ilmenite; magnetite; microcline; montmorillonite; muscovite; orthoclase; quartz; rutile; titanite; tourmaline supergroup; zircon
