Almandine is antiferromagnetic with the N�el temperature of 7.5 K . It contains two equivalent magnetic sublattices.
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The garnets make up two solid solution series : pyrope-almandine-spessartine and uvarovite-grossular-andradite.
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Garnet, commonly almandine or spessartine, is a common mineral within pegmatites intruding mafic and carbonate-bearing sequences.
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Gems with high spessartine content tend toward a light orange hue, while almandine prevalence induces red or brownish hues.
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In their most highly prized form, almandine garnets are the color of burgundy and have a translucent, sparkling quality.
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Almandine occurs in metamorphic rocks like mica schists, associated with minerals such as staurolite, kyanite, andalusite, and others.
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Almandine is one end-member of a mineral solid solution series, with the other end member being the garnet pyrope.
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Pegmatites associated with granitic domes within the Archaean Yilgarn Craton intruding ultramafic and mafic rocks contain red, orange and brown almandine garnet.
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Almandine crystallizes in the cubic space group Iad, with unit-cell parameter a H " 11.512 ?at 100 K.
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The name " Almandine " is a corruption of Alabanda, a region in Asia Minor where these stones were cut in ancient times.
