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Grossular Garnet with minor Clinochlore from Passo del Faiallo, Urbe, Savona, Liguria, Italy

 
Grossular Garnet with minor Clinochlore from Passo del Faiallo, Urbe, Savona, Liguria, Italy

Grossular Garnet with minor Clinochlore from Passo del Faiallo, Urbe, Savona, Liguria, Italy

Grossular Garnet with minor Clinochlore from Passo del Faiallo, Urbe, Savona, Liguria, Italy

Grossular Garnet with minor Clinochlore from Passo del Faiallo, Urbe, Savona, Liguria, Italy

DESCRIPTION:No. 78316
Mineral:Grossular Garnet with minor Clinochlore
Locality:Passo del Faiallo, Urbe, Savona, Liguria, Italy
Description:Shallow cavities lined with lustrous dark red-black grossular garnet crystals to 3 mm with minor platy green clinochlore crystals to 1 mm. The grossular garnet crystals are dodecahedral form with thin trapezohedral edge faces. Collected ca. 1992
Overall Size:6.5x4x3 cm
Crystals:1-3 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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