Garnet
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Properties
| Formulas | (FeII,Mn,Ca)3Al2(SiO4)3, X3Z2(SiO4)3, X=Mg,Ca,Fe,Mn, Z=Al,Fe,Cr,V, (Ca,FeII)3Al2(SiO4)3, (FeII,Mg)3Al2(SiO4)3, Gd3Ga5O12 |
| Abbreviation | Grt |
| Variants | Fe, Mg, Ca, Fe, Gd3Ga5O12, Fe, Mn, Ca |
| Classification | Nesosilicate |
| Members | Uvarovite, Pyrope, Calderite, Grossular, Menzerite-(Y), Grossular, Fe, Morimotoite, Momoiite, Eringaite, Majorite, Almandine, Knorringite, Andradite, Goldmanite, Spessartine |
| Luminescence emitters | Mn, Nd, V |
| Spectra | Luminescence (1) |
| IMA Status | Approved group |
| Search other databases | webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database |
| Tags | Group , Silicate, Aluminosilicate, Aluminosilicate , Compound |
Composition
| Element | Atoms |
|---|---|
| Si | 3 |
| O | 12 |
| Fe | ? |
| Mg | ? |
| V | ? |
| Cr | ? |
| Mn | ? |
| Ca | ? |
| Al | ? |
References
| Reference | Lines | Spectra | Images |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaft et al. 1998 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rahman et al. 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Torpy et al. 2020 | 0 | 6 | 0 |