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spessartine

garnet, nesosilicate mineral
Class type of: garnet group Q20653385

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
mineral species
Subclass of
garnet group
Chemical formula
Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃[4]
Color
yellow, orange, red[5][6][7]
Crystal system
cubic crystal system[11]
Density
+4.19[21]
Described by source
Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19][20]
Has part(s)
aluminium[8]
IMA Mineral Symbol
Sps[22]
IMA status and/or rank
grandfathered mineral (G)[12]
Mineral fracture
conchoidal fracture[10]
Named after
Spessart[3]
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
9.AD.25[17]
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
9.AD.25[16]
Point group
cubic-hexoctahedral[13]
Refractive index
+1.8[18]
Space group
space group[14]
Streak color
white[9]
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
VIII/A.06a[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en spessartine en Sps ar سبيسارتين cs spessartin es Spessartina fa اسپسارتیت he ספסרטין ja 満礬柘榴石 nl spessartien pl spessartyn ru спессартин ru Спессартин uk спесартин zh 巴西錳鋁石榴石 zh 鈣錳鋁榴石 zh 錳鋁榴石
🔖 Identifiers · 12
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Spessartien brown.jpg ↗
Dana 8th edition
51.4.3a.3
Elhuyar ZTH ID
007740
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/spessartine
Freebase ID
/m/064fv_
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
spessartin
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4247197
KBpedia ID
Spessartine
Kivid.info ID
496
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2776619094
Minerals.net mineral and gemstone ID
mineral/spessartine
Museum-digital tag ID
59418

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Color 3
red, yellow, orange
Crystal system 1
cubic crystal system
Has part(s) 1
aluminium
Mineral fracture 1
conchoidal fracture
Named after 1
Spessart
Streak color 1
white
Subclass of 1
garnet group
← Different from 1
spessartite
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Summary

spessartine is a mineral species[1]. spessartine is a type of garnet group[2].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Mindat.org. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . rruff. wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2014. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . The IMA List of Minerals (February 2013). wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Mindat.org. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · İmmortalance · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 31
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'f
    "/* wbsetlabel-add:1|tr */ Spessartin, #temporary_batch_1793542231800"
  2. 10w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Density → {'unit': 'Q13147228', 'amount': '+4.19'}
    Named after → Spessart
    Color → yellow, orange, red
    Streak color → white
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Point group: cubic-hexoctahedral, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269459|batch #269459]]"
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