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Gem Grossular Garnet (rare)
- Wilberforce, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
- Miniature, 3.8 x 3.0 x 2.9 cm
- Start Time: 06/07/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 06/14/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Grossular garnet is very rare from this well-known Ontario locale and gemmy ones are exceptionally so. A gorgeous, gemmy and lustrous, 1.5 cm, rich cinnamon-orange crystal is very jauntily perched on calcite and diopside matrix. The crystal is a trapezohedron with minor dodecahedron faces. It looks like a Jeffrey Mine grossular, but its not. Valued at $800-1000 for quality and rarity. Ex Ed Bancroft Collection.