Mineral Species
almandine
Type Locality
No
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)
Entry Number
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).
