AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Maine > Grossular Garnet |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 64850 |
Mineral: | Grossular Garnet |
Locality: | Pitts-Tenney Quarry, Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine |
Description: | Lustrous translucent brown dodecahedral grossular garnet crystals with remnants of quartz between the crystals. The grossular garnet at this quarry formed at the border between the skarn body and the later quartz core. Collected in 1976 |
Overall Size: | 7x5x3 cm |
Crystals: | 6-22 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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