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Grossular Garnet with Diopside and Clinozoisite from Pitts-Tenney Quarry, Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine

 
Grossular Garnet with Diopside and Clinozoisite from Pitts-Tenney Quarry, Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine

Grossular Garnet with Diopside and Clinozoisite from Pitts-Tenney Quarry, Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine

Grossular Garnet with Diopside and Clinozoisite from Pitts-Tenney Quarry, Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 79448
Mineral:Grossular Garnet with Diopside and Clinozoisite
Locality:Pitts-Tenney Quarry, Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine
Description:Lustrous translucent brown grossular garnet crystals to 6 mm intermixed with lustrous transparent green diopside crystals to 2 mm and translucent pink clinozoisite (very rare!). Collected by D. Swenson in October 1997
Overall Size:15x12x10 mm
Crystals:1-6 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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