Grossular Garnet & Diopside (RARE Colorado combo)

Pit # 3, Italian Mountain, Gunnison Co., Colorado
Small Cabinet, 7.8 x 5.4 x 2.4 cm
Start Time: 05/05/2016 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 05/12/2016 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Gemmy and lustrous, honey-yellow, grossular garnet dodecahedrons, to 8 mm, and lustrous and translucent, smaller green diopside crystals are richly and attractively strewn across the scuptural skarn matrix on this RARE and excellent combination from this well-known Colorado locale. Grossular specimens are RARELY on the market from here and date to the 1970s or 80s in this quality. A MUST for the Colorado or species collector. MUCH BETTER IN PERSON. Value???

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