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Grossular Garnet from Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell (commonly called Eden Mills), Orleans County, Vermont

 
Grossular Garnet from Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell (commonly called Eden Mills), Orleans County, Vermont

Grossular Garnet from Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell (commonly called Eden Mills), Orleans County, Vermont

Grossular Garnet from Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell (commonly called Eden Mills), Orleans County, Vermont

DESCRIPTION:No. 81691
Mineral:Grossular Garnet
Locality:Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell (commonly called Eden Mills), Orleans County, Vermont
Description:Small cluster of lustrous translucent orange-brown grossular garnet crystals with no matrix. The grossular garnet crystals are dodecahedral form, with thin trapezohedral edge faces. This mine, famous for these garnet crystals, closed forever in 1993. Collected ca. 1968
Overall Size:23x18x15 mm
Crystals:2-9 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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