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Grossular Garnet and Diopside from Goodall Farm Quarry, Sanford, York County, Maine

 
Grossular Garnet and Diopside from Goodall Farm Quarry, Sanford, York County, Maine

Grossular Garnet and Diopside from Goodall Farm Quarry, Sanford, York County, Maine

Grossular Garnet and Diopside from Goodall Farm Quarry, Sanford, York County, Maine

Grossular Garnet and Diopside from Goodall Farm Quarry, Sanford, York County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 81353
Mineral:Grossular Garnet and Diopside
Locality:Goodall Farm Quarry, Sanford, York County, Maine
Description:Rich cluster of lustrous transparent-to-translucent wine-red grossular garnet crystals to 11 mm in a shallow cavity lined with translucent green diopside crystals to 2 mm. The grossular garnet crystals are dodecahedral form and are incomplete on the rear Ex. S. Kelland collection; collected ca. 1995 by Don Lapham
Overall Size:4.5x2.5x2 cm
Crystals:1-11 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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