AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Russia > Grossular Garnet |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 66091 |
Mineral: | Grossular Garnet |
Locality: | riverbank at confluence Vilyui (Wilui) River and Akhtaragda River, near Chernyshevsk, Sakha, Siberia, Russia (Type Locality for Grossular Garnet) |
Description: | Lustrous translucent-to-transparent olive-green grossular garnet crystal fully crystallized on all faces. The grossular garnet crystal is asymmetric trapezohedral form with dodecahedral corner faces. |
Overall Size: | 25x21x19 mm |
Crystals: | 25 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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