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Spessartine Garnet from Ruby Mountain, Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colorado

 
Spessartine Garnet from Ruby Mountain, Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colorado

Spessartine Garnet from Ruby Mountain, Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 76497
Mineral:Spessartine Garnet
Locality:Ruby Mountain, Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colorado
Description:Two large (for this locality) lustrous dark red-black spessartine garnet crystals in a shallow cavity in gray rhyolite with quartz and hematite microcrystals. The spessartine garnet crystals are trapezohedral form with two octahedral corner faces. Collected ca. 1992
Overall Size:26x13x12 mm
Crystals:4.5-5.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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