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Grossular Garnet with Clinochlore and Diopside from Val d'Ala, Piemonte, Italy

 
Grossular Garnet with Clinochlore and Diopside from Val d'Ala, Piemonte, Italy

Grossular Garnet with Clinochlore and Diopside from Val d'Ala, Piemonte, Italy

Grossular Garnet with Clinochlore and Diopside from Val d'Ala, Piemonte, Italy

DESCRIPTION:No. 70154
Mineral:Grossular Garnet with Clinochlore and Diopside
Locality:Val d'Ala, Piemonte, Italy
Description:Lustrous transparent orange trapezohedral grossular garnet crystals to 2 mm with platy mica-like green clinochlore crystals to 2 mm plus a few lustrous transparent pale-green prismatic diopside crystals to 3 mm.
Overall Size:6x4x3 cm
Crystals:1-3 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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