Andradite Garnet (old locale) ex Mullane Coll.

Item Description

Sharp, lustrous, reddish-brown, andradite garnet dodecahedrons to 3.3 cm are jauntily set on both sides of the sculptural, muscovite schist matrix. The andradites even have tiny flashes of gemminess and the impression of a large missing garnet in the schist is nifty. This is old-time, rare material from an uncommon Norwegian locale in Nordland. Ex Dennis Mullane Collection and comes with a handwritten label with a 1973 date. I have never seen a specimen from this locale.