▁time ▁afterwards ▁as ▁Australian ▁rub ies . ▁ ▁Al m and ine ▁is ▁widely ▁distributed . ▁Fine ▁rh omb ic ▁d ode c ah ed ra ▁occur ▁in ▁the ▁sch ist ose ▁rocks ▁of ▁the ▁Z ill ert al , ▁in ▁Ty rol , ▁and ▁are ▁sometimes ▁cut ▁and ▁pol ished . ▁An ▁al m and ine ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁f err ous ▁ox ide ▁is ▁replaced ▁partly ▁by ▁mag nes ia ▁is ▁found ▁at ▁Lu isen feld ▁in ▁German ▁East ▁Africa . ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁there ▁are ▁many ▁local ities ▁which ▁yield ▁al m and ine . ▁Fine ▁cry st als ▁of ▁al m and ine ▁embedded ▁in ▁m ica - sch ist ▁occur ▁near ▁W r ang ell ▁in ▁Al aska . ▁The ▁co arse ▁vari eties ▁of ▁al m and ine ▁are ▁often ▁cr ushed ▁for ▁use ▁as ▁an ▁ab ras ive ▁agent . ▁ ▁Cultural ▁significance ▁Connecticut ▁has ▁al m and ine ▁gar net ▁as ▁its ▁state ▁gem stone . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁ ▁And rad ite ▁ ▁Gar net ▁ ▁Gem stone ▁ ▁Ge ology ▁ ▁G ross ular ▁ ▁Min eral ▁ ▁Min eral ▁collect ing ▁ ▁Py ro pe ▁ ▁Sp ess art ine ▁ ▁Ts avor ite ▁ ▁U var ov ite ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : G ar net ▁gem st ones ▁Category : G ar net ▁group ▁Category : C ub ic ▁min er als <0x0A> </s> ▁James ▁Co ole y ▁( 1 9 2 6 – 2 0 1 6 )