Almandine Garnet on Schist w/ Chlorite (classic locale)

Item Description

An outstanding, 2.5 cm, sharp, lustrous mottled wine-red, textbook almandine garnet dodecahedron is very aesthetically perched on the muscovite schist and quartz matrix on this showy and excellent classic from this famous locale. Complete all-around and essentially pristine, with only very trivial edge wilbers. A BONUS on the bottom is the very uncommon layer of highly lustrous, bright green chlorite schist. The garnets are physically extracted from the enclosing schist and are lightly buffed to bring out the luster and color. This classic locale has fascinated European collectors for hundreds of years. Excellent, sculptural and classic large Otz Valley matrix alamandine garnet with numerous fine display views.