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Almandine Garnet with Staurolite from Green's Farm, 750 m. ESE of Roxbury Falls, Roxbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

 
Almandine Garnet with Staurolite from Green's Farm, 750 m. ESE of Roxbury Falls, Roxbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Almandine Garnet with Staurolite from Green's Farm, 750 m. ESE of Roxbury Falls, Roxbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Almandine Garnet with Staurolite from Green's Farm, 750 m. ESE of Roxbury Falls, Roxbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Almandine Garnet with Staurolite from Green's Farm, 750 m. ESE of Roxbury Falls, Roxbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 49527
Mineral:Almandine Garnet with Staurolite
Locality:Green's Farm, 750 m. ESE of Roxbury Falls, Roxbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
Description:Large red-brown dodecahedral almandine garnet crystal 30 mm across in gray schist with smaller almandine crystals plus prismatic staurolite crystals to 6 mm long. This is one of the largest almandine crystals I collected at the locality. Locality closed to collecting in 2012. Collected ca. 1992
Overall Size:7x5x4 cm
Crystals:3-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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