HPB37CD2: Well-profiled rhombododecahedral crystal of Almandine, translucent, very shiny, and on a Mica matrix.
Almandines do not usually have very showy colors, but this one, from an old Spanish collection, is very striking due to the intensity of its color, likely related to its Alpine origin.
Colle del Vento, Villar Focchiardo, Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.8 × 4.4 cm = 2.91” × 2.28” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63”