GARNET var. ANDRADITE var. MELANITE
Specimen: #8710
Locality: Sokolovskoe Iron Mine (Sokolovskiy Mine; Sokolnoye Mine), Kostanay Province, Kazakhstan
Size: 18mm x 16mm x 14mm
Size description: Thumbnail
Shipping: USA 8.60, Canada 11.80, Worldwide 12.80, China via UPS 29.00 (USD)
Status: SOLD
Superb geometry for these lustrous Andradite Garnets. The crystals are black Melanites with perfect, razor-sharp crystallization and mirror luster. They are attractively arranged and have truncated rhombohedral habit. Some outside edge contacts and nicks. On acrylic base.
Perfect!