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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 80870
Mineral:Grossular Garnet in Quartz
Locality:Pitts-Tenney Quarry, Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine
Description:Several lustrous translucent orange-brown grossular garnet crystals embedded in gray quartz. The grossular crystals are dodecahedral form, exposed in their upper halves, with the lower halves altering into the skarn quartz. Ex. Miller #M2273; ex. Betts #48001; collected in 1959
Overall Size:4.5x3.5x3 cm
Crystals:11-20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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