gem GARNET var. GROSSULAR, DIOPSIDE


Specimen: #12384
Locality: Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
Size: 26mm x 16mm x 8mm
Size description: Toenail
Shipping: USA 8.60, Canada 11.80, Worldwide 12.80, China via UPS 29.00 (USD)
Status: SOLD

Perfect orange colored Grossular Garnets to 3mm. They are transparent and gem with a superb luster and rich color. Grossulars have rhombohedral habit with sharp crystallization. Small green Diopside crystals grow on the base. Pleasing specimen from this inactive mine. For references see the 2013 issue of The Mineralogical Record vol. 44, # 4. In superb condition. On acrylic base.

Marvelous gem Garnets!



gem GARNET var. GROSSULAR, DIOPSIDE

gem GARNET var. GROSSULAR, DIOPSIDE

gem GARNET var. GROSSULAR, DIOPSIDE

gem GARNET var. GROSSULAR, DIOPSIDE