Garnet Photos    
Cochise College               
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Roger Weller, geology instructor

wellerr@cochise.edu    copyright 2008-R.Weller

 
modified dodecahedron crystal
This garnet crystal displays the diamond-shaped faces of a common 12-sided dodecahedron,
but also displays an additional set of small crystal faces located between the diamond-shaped
faces.  The 24 small faces belong the the trapezohedron crystal shape.
 

garnet
Photo is copyright free for non-commercial educational uses.
Just credit photo to R.Weller/Cochise College.