AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Canada > Grossular Garnet |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 63184 |
Mineral: | Grossular Garnet |
Locality: | Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Québec, Canada |
Description: | Plate of many lustrous orange-brown grossular garnet crystals over massive grossular. The grossular garnet crystals are dodecahedral form with trapezohedral edge faces. These garnets are commonly labeled as essonite or hessonite, now obsolete names. |
Overall Size: | 35x26x12 mm |
Crystals: | 1-2.5 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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