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Grossular Garnet and Diopside from Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell (commonly called Eden Mills), Orleans County, Vermont

 
Grossular Garnet and Diopside from Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell (commonly called Eden Mills), Orleans County, Vermont

Grossular Garnet and Diopside from Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell (commonly called Eden Mills), Orleans County, Vermont

DESCRIPTION:No. 76608
Mineral:Grossular Garnet and Diopside
Locality:Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell (commonly called Eden Mills), Orleans County, Vermont
Description:Lustrous translucent red-brown grossular garnet crystals to 12 mm intermixed with prismatic translucent green diopside crystals to 12 mm covering and rhombohedral translucent colorless calcite crystals to 15 mm with waxy surface luster. Closed locality. Collected ca. 1990
Overall Size:31x27x18 mm
Crystals:1-15 mm
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