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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 77173 |
| Mineral: | Spessartine Garnet |
| Locality: | Rutherford Mine, Amelia Court House, Amelia County, Virginia |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent orange spessartine garnet crystal with no matrix attached. The spessartine garnet has complex etched crystallization patterns on the surfaces, similar to the spessartine garnets from Lavra Navegadora, Brazil. Originally acquired in 1995 from Edward Lytle |
| Overall Size: | 8x7x6 mm |
| Crystals: | 8 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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