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Grossular Garnet with Diopside and Clinochlore from Alpe delle Frasse, Torino, Piemonte, Italy

 
Grossular Garnet with Diopside and Clinochlore from Alpe delle Frasse, Torino, Piemonte, Italy

Grossular Garnet with Diopside and Clinochlore from Alpe delle Frasse, Torino, Piemonte, Italy

DESCRIPTION:No. 53219
Mineral:Grossular Garnet with Diopside and Clinochlore
Locality:Alpe delle Frasse, Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Description:Lustrous transparent orange-brown grossular garnet crystals to 1.5 mm with translucent prismatic pale green-gray diopside crystals to 4 mm and foliated green clinochlore crystals to 1 mm. The grossular crystals are dodecahedral with trapezohedral edges.
Overall Size:4.5x3.5x1.5 cm
Crystals:0.5-4.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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