Almandine is the newest member of the garnet group at Mont Saint-Hilaire. Color is red. Luster is vitreous. Diaphaneity is transparent. Crystal Habits include embedded crystals and fragments.
Fracture is subconchoidal.
Associated Minerals include calcite, fluorite, marcasite, mica group, microcline, pyrite and quartz. Known since antiquity, it was described by Agricola in 1546. Name is derived from the locality at Alabanda, Turkey.