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Grossular Garnet from Pitts-Tenney Quarry, Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine

 
Grossular Garnet from Pitts-Tenney Quarry, Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine

Grossular Garnet from Pitts-Tenney Quarry, Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 48001
Mineral:Grossular Garnet
Locality:Pitts-Tenney Quarry, Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine
Description:Several lustrous dodecahedral orange-brown grossular garnet crystals embedded in quartz. The grossular crystals are exposed in their upper halves, the lower halves alter into the skarn matrix. Collected in 1959
Overall Size:4.5x3.5x3 cm
Crystals:11-20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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