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Almandine Garnet with Staurolite from Green's Farm, 750 m. ESE of Roxbury Falls, Roxbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

 
Almandine Garnet with Staurolite from Green's Farm, 750 m. ESE of Roxbury Falls, Roxbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Almandine Garnet with Staurolite from Green's Farm, 750 m. ESE of Roxbury Falls, Roxbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Almandine Garnet with Staurolite from Green's Farm, 750 m. ESE of Roxbury Falls, Roxbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Almandine Garnet with Staurolite from Green's Farm, 750 m. ESE of Roxbury Falls, Roxbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Almandine Garnet with Staurolite from Green's Farm, 750 m. ESE of Roxbury Falls, Roxbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 71770
Mineral:Almandine Garnet with Staurolite
Locality:Green's Farm, 750 m. ESE of Roxbury Falls, Roxbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
Description:Unusually large plate of translucent red-brown dodecahedral almandine garnet crystals to 17 mm with prismatic translucent red-brown staurolite crystals to 12 mm in contrasting gray schist. The almandine garnet crystals stand proud of the schist. Collected ca. 1992; locality closed to collecting in 2012.
Overall Size:25x20x6.5 cm
Crystals:3-17 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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