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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

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. 81177
Mineral:Spessartine Garnet
Locality:Ruby Mountain, Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colorado
Description:The best specimen I have ever seen from Ruby mountain, this has two cavities in the rhyolite lined with four lustrous translucent dark wine-red spessartine garnet crystals to 11 mm and lustrous transparent colorless quartz microcrystals. Ex. Rock Currier (1940-2015) Collection #8956; originally acquired in 2012; illustrated on Mindat.org (Photo ID: 633669)
Overall Size:12x8x6 cm
Crystals:micro to 11 mm
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