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Grossular Garnet with Malachite from Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico

 
Grossular Garnet with Malachite from Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico

Grossular Garnet with Malachite from Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico

Grossular Garnet with Malachite from Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 64527
Mineral:Grossular Garnet with Malachite
Locality:Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
Description:Lustrous translucent-to-transparent yellow dodecahedral grossular garnet crystals to 2 mm with green malachite crystals to 0.3 mm overgrown on an unidentified brown cubic mineral, probably limonite pseudomorphs after a cubic pyrite crystals to 2.5 mm. Ex. Lucile Squier (1905-2007) collection #801
Overall Size:30x22x16 mm
Crystals:0.1-2.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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