Locality
87°17´ east longitude, 26°26´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Biratnagar, SE Nepal, Asien

Personal relationship of donor
Location for large size garnet crystals, material sent to Germany for gem cutting tests.

Geological relevance of location
Location of garnet crystals of up to 10 cm in diameter in garnet amphibolite. The garnet is a PyrAlSpite (solid solution series of almandine, pyrope and spessartine) and is partially collected from river gravel. Transparent stones are cut for jewellery.

Classification of the earth

Structure	hand crushed crystals, fine-grained material sieved off
Colour	dark red
Age	Paleozoic

Donor

Dipl.-Min. Ulrich K. Vetter,
 Federal Institute for Geo-sciences and Natural Resources,
 Hannover,
 Germany