Andradite Garnet (var: Demantoid) (var: Topazolite)

Item Description

A lovely thumbnail specimen of colorful Demantoid (a green variety of Andradite Garnet) from an undisclosed locality in San Benito County, California (presumably the Yellow Cat Mine). The piece hosts several sharp, well-formed dodecahedral crystals measuring up to 6 mm across on matrix. To be fair, the color ranges from greenish in areas to almost golden, so you could say this is both Demantoid and Topazolite together on the same piece.