Grossular Garnet and Albite

Item Description

The Grossular (Hessonite) Garnets from the Jeffrey Mine are world-famous, and considered by most to be the best Garnets in the world. These honey-colored crystals have superb luster, excellent striations that are classic for these Garnets, and sharp crystal definition. More importantly, they have that rare internal brightness combined with external glassy luster that places this piece in the top percentiles for quality (though crystals are on the small side, they are super bright!). These Grossulars are well-distributed around the matrix, and the largest is .6 cm. An aesthetic, very nice specimen of a hard to find, highly sought-after mineral now that the mine is closed.