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Grossular Garnet with Diopside from Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Québec, Canada

 
Grossular Garnet with Diopside from Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Québec, Canada

Grossular Garnet with Diopside from Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Québec, Canada

DESCRIPTION:No. 59918
Mineral:Grossular Garnet with Diopside
Locality:Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Québec, Canada
Description:Sparkling cluster of many lustrous transparent-to-translucent dodecahedral vivid-green grossular garnet crystals with pale-green prismatic diopside crystals to 0.5 mm. The green color of the grossular garnet crystals is caused by trace chrome impurities.
Overall Size:22x13x7 mm
Crystals:0.1-3.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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