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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

DESCRIPTION:No. 72855
Mineral:Almandine Garnet with Staurolite
Locality:Green's Farm, 750 m. ESE of Roxbury Falls, Roxbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
Description:Long plate of translucent red-brown dodecahedral almandine garnet crystals to 14 mm with prismatic translucent red-brown staurolite crystals to 10 mm in contrasting gray schist. The almandine garnet crystals stand proud of the schist. From my personal collection; collected ca. 1992; locality closed to collecting in 2012
Overall Size:17x8x4 mm
Crystals:1-14 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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