Garnet
Almandine/Pyrope Garnet (X3Y2(SiO4)3)
Category
Browse mineral (specifically, a variety of the mineral species pyrope almandine garnet) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Garnet
Almandine/Pyrope Garnet (X3Y2(SiO4)3)
Red Garnet
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3) or Pyrope (Mg3Al2(SiO4)3)
Likely garnet-bearing rock (possibly garnet in dark matrix)
Unconfirmed; potentially almandine garnet (Fe₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃) in a metamorphic host
Likely garnet crystal (rough fragment)
Garnet group; possibly almandine, Fe₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃
Almandine Garnet
Almandine, Fe3Al2(SiO4)3
Garnet (Pyrope-Almandine series)
Garnet Group, (Mg,Fe)3Al2Si3O12
Garnet
Garnet group: X3Y2(SiO4)3 (commonly Almandine-Pyrope series)
Almandine Garnet
Almandine, Fe3Al2(SiO4)3
Garnet (likely Almandine or Pyrope)
Garnet Group (Fe3Al2Si3O12 or Mg3Al2Si3O12)
Garnet-bearing amphibolite or mafic gneiss
Amphibolite dominated by hornblende, plagioclase, biotite, and almandine–pyrope garnet
Red garnet bead
Likely almandine–pyrope garnet, garnet-group silicate (approximately Fe₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂–Mg₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂)
Garnet (likely Almandine)
Almandine - Fe3Al2(SiO4)3
Garnet (Almandine)
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Almandine Garnet
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Garnet (Almandine)
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Possible garnet-bearing rock
Likely almandine garnet in a mica-rich metamorphic matrix; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Garnet (likely Almandine)
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Eclogite
Eclogite (Omphacite + Pyrope-Almandine Garnet)
Eclogite
Eclogite (Omphacite + Pyrope-Almandine Garnet)
Eclogite
Eclogite (Omphacite + Almandine-Pyrope Garnet)
Garnet (likely Almandine or Pyrope)
Garnet (Group Name), Fe3Al2(SiO4)3 or Mg3Al2(SiO4)3
Garnet (Almandine)
Almandine, Fe3Al2Si3O12
Garnet-bearing granite or pegmatitic granitic rock
Coarse-grained granitoid, likely granite or pegmatite, composed mainly of quartz and feldspar with almandine/spessartine garnet and dark biotite or amphibole
Garnet (Almandine/Pyrope series)
Garnet Group - X3Y2(SiO4)3
Tumbled garnet-bearing gneiss
Gneiss containing almandine–pyrope garnet, quartz, feldspar, and mica
Likely faceted garnet
Garnet group, commonly almandine (Fe₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃); identification from the photo is uncertain
Red Garnet (Pyrope or Almandine)
Garnet Group (A3B2(SiO4)3)
Likely garnet-bearing rock
Possibly almandine garnet in a mica-rich metamorphic matrix; identification is uncertain from the photo
Garnet (specifically Almandine)
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Eclogite
Eclogite (Omphacite-Garnet Metamophic Rock)
Garnet
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3) or Pyrope (Mg3Al2(SiO4)3)
Garnet (Almandine)
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Almandine Garnet
Almandine - Fe3Al2(SiO4)3
Red garnet crystal (possible almandine)
Garnet group; likely almandine, Fe₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃
Garnet (specifically Almandine)
Almandine - Fe3Al2(SiO4)3
Likely raw garnet crystal
Garnet-group silicate, probably almandine (Fe₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂)
Garnet in Matrix
Almandine or Pyrope Garnet (X3Y2(SiO4)3) in Schist or Eclogite matrix
Garnet (Almandine)
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Almandine Garnet
Almandine (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3)
Eclogite
Eclogite (Omphacite-Garnet Metamorphic Rock)
Garnet (Tumbled)
Almandine / Pyrope Garnet (Fe3Al2(SiO4)3 to Mg3Al2(SiO4)3)
Almandine Garnet (Tumbled)
Fe3Al2(SiO4)3