| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Grossular Garnet |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 49864 |
| Mineral: | Grossular Garnet |
| Locality: | Sierra de Cruces, east of Laguna de Jaco, near Hercules, Coahuila, Mexico |
| Description: | Rich specimen of lustrous dodecahedral pink grossular garnet crystals embedded in white calcite. Some of the grossular crystals have contacts where they intersected adjacent grossular crystals and the contacts reveal the garnets have black cores. |
| Overall Size: | 4.5x4x2.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 3-13 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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