Isolated trapezohedral Almandine-Spessartine (Series) crystal with a good size for the locality. It has very well defined faces and edges, is translucent with vivid reflections that are between brown and red in color and it is on a matrix of Orthoclase crystals with a very well defined Baveno twin on its prism faces.
The Daunis collection was, in the 70’s and the 80’s, a reference for the local prospectors of the Barcelona area.
Somosierra mountain pass, Robregordo, Comarca Sierra Norte, Community of Madrid Spain
Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.4 × 3.3 cm = 1.85” × 1.34” × 1.30”
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