| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from California > Andradite var. Melanite Garnet |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 39198 |
| Mineral: | Andradite var. Melanite Garnet |
| Locality: | New Idria District, San Benito County, California |
| Description: | Rich specimen of lustrous black andradite garnet (variety melanite) crystals scattered over one face of matrix. The garnet crystals grew in a thin vein and one crystal in the center was so large that it contacted the opposite vein wall. |
| Overall Size: | 5x3x2 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-4 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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