Grossular Garnet var. Hessonite with Clinochlore (Wes Parker Coll.)

Carboneri, Pellice Valley, Torino Prov., Piedmont, Italy
Small Cabinet, 6.0 x 4.3 x 3.5 cm
Start Time: 10/08/2009 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 10/15/2009 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Beautiful, brilliant, gemmy, dark red hessonite crystals to 5 mm richly cover the vuggy matrix and are very nicely accented with silvery-green, clinochlore lamellae on this showy and excellent specimen from a classic Italian locale - Carboneri in the Pellice Valley. Very highly representative and rich material from this noted locale. Ex Wes Parker Collection.

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