Grossular Garnet (Lee Burnett Coll.)

Item Description

An impressive, large, rare color, 6.0 cm, sharp, elongated, doubly terminated grossular garnet dodecahedron from the famed Sierra de Cruces locality in Mexico. Best known for gorgeous raspberry-red grossulars, this striking lustrous crystal is mostly opaque dark brown with scattered edges and areas of lighter brown translucence. The stout prism jauntily rests on a matrix of smaller brown to yellow-green grossulars. Complete all-around and nearly pristine, with only a modest corner bruise and a bit of out-of-sight contacting on the back side. Ex Lee Burnett Collection of Morrison, Colorado. An exceptional large rare color grossular from the locale.