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Grossular Garnet (chrome-rich) on Diopside from Orford Nickel Mine, 5.6 km southwest of Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, Québec, Canada

 
Grossular Garnet (chrome-rich) on Diopside from Orford Nickel Mine, 5.6 km southwest of Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, Québec, Canada

Grossular Garnet (chrome-rich) on Diopside from Orford Nickel Mine, 5.6 km southwest of Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, Québec, Canada

Grossular Garnet (chrome-rich) on Diopside from Orford Nickel Mine, 5.6 km southwest of Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, Québec, Canada

DESCRIPTION:No. 44430
Mineral:Grossular Garnet (chrome-rich) on Diopside
Locality:Orford Nickel Mine, 5.6 km southwest of Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, Québec, Canada
Description:Transparent emerald-green chrome-rich grossular garnet microcrystals coating the surfaces of olive-green diopside matrix. The garnets from this locality are often misidentified as uvarovite garnets, but are a chrome-rich variety of grossular. Ex. Ned Blandford, originally acquired in 1958
Overall Size:5.5x3.5x2 cm
Crystals:micro
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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