Andradite Garnet with Epidote (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

Item Description

Despite the fact that the Nangarhar province is famous for its pegmatite minerals (Spodumene, Tourmaline, etc.), the specimens from Marki Khel are actually from a metamorphic skarn deposit. Most people actually label these as coming from Pakistan because Epidote is so well-known from various Pakistani localities. This miniature specimen features a handful of fine quality, very sharp, well-formed, lustrous, deep reddish-brown colored dodecahedral crystals of Andradite Garnet associated with sharp, lustrous, green, gemmy, well-formed prisamtic crystals of Epidote on matrix. The largest Andradite meaures 5 mm and the largest Epidote measures 8 mm. Most crystals are on the display side are damage free. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#12150). Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Welt" November-December 2017).