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Grossular Garnet on Vesuvianite with Diopside from Goodall Farm Quarry, Sanford, York County, Maine

 
Grossular Garnet on Vesuvianite with Diopside from Goodall Farm Quarry, Sanford, York County, Maine

Grossular Garnet on Vesuvianite with Diopside from Goodall Farm Quarry, Sanford, York County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 48916
Mineral:Grossular Garnet on Vesuvianite with Diopside
Locality:Goodall Farm Quarry, Sanford, York County, Maine
Description:Rich cluster of lustrous dodecahedral wine-red grossular garnet crystals to 12 mm in a cavity lined with striated yellow-green vesuvianite crystals to 20 mm and dull green blocky diopside crystals to 4 mm. The bottom was sawn to reduce matrix.
Overall Size:9x5.5x4.5 cm
Crystals:1-20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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