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Grossular

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Locality: 
Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell & Eden, Orleans County, Vermont, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm
Description

This is a superb thumbnail specimen in splendid condition. A bunch of well developed, razor sharp and mirror bright crystals of multifaced grossular on minor matrix. The brown and typical crystals are transparent and brown in colour,. A good specimen with an undamaged displayside. On the backside are dings.

Mineral Data
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Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Akhtaragda River mouth (Achtaragda River mouth), Vilyui River Basin (Vilui River Basin; Wilui River Basin), Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Wendel Minerals

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