Andradite Garnet, Gahnite and Calcite on Pyroxene (old classic)

Item Description

A showy, old-time, combination specimen from Franklin, that comes with a cloth label glued to the back! One end of the sculptural matrix of moderate-luster, greenish-black, euhedral, pyroxene crystals hosts a two-sided pod of gemmy, reddish-brown, andradite garnet dodecahedrons, a few sharp, lustrous, black, gahnite octahedrons and tan calcite, that fluoresces orange. Polyadelphite is a synonym of andradite garnet. It is a name formerly applied to andradite garnet from Franklin, NJ, and still in evidence on older labels. Ex Dr. John Ward Collection.