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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 82559 |
| Mineral: | Diopside and Grossular Garnet |
| Locality: | Bellecombe, Châtillon, Valle d'Aosta, Italy |
| Description: | Double-sided cluster of lustrous transparent greenish-gray prismatic diopside crystals to 7 mm with lustrous transparent red-brown grossular garnet crystals to 1 mm. The grossular garnet crystals are dodecahedral form with trapezohedral edge faces. Ex. Miller collection T2122; ex. Betts #60080; ex. Luca De Battisti |
| Overall Size: | 33x16x10 mm |
| Crystals: | 0.2-7.0 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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