Close-up of deep red almandine garnet crystals embedded in milky white quartz.

My hiking find this week so far is so pretty 😍

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Red Almandine Garnet

Today’s #CoolRock, Bruh: Brilliant red #AlmandineGarnet.

The color of garnet differs depending upon type.

Almandine is all shades of dark red, Andradite is all shades of greenish-yellow, Grossular is in multi-colored forms, Pyrope is purplish, and Spessartine is orange-red.