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Grossular Garnet and Calcite (floater cluster crystallized on all sides) from Handan, Hebei, China

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 81501
Mineral:	Grossular Garnet and Calcite (floater cluster crystallized on all sides)
Locality:	Handan, Hebei, China
Description:	Lustrous transparent yellow grossular garnet crystals to 20 mm, in a floater formation crystallized all around, with transparent colorless calcite crystals to 34 mm. The grossular garnet crystals are dodecahedral with trapezohedral edge faces. The calcite fluoresces under longwave and shortwave UV. Collected ca. 2008
Overall Size:	9.5x6.5x6 cm
Crystals:	3-34 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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