Grossular Garnet with Calcite (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)

Item Description

A very good quality matrix display specimen of the lesser-seen Grossular Garnets from the Coyote Front Range in California. This three-dimensional small cabinet sized specimen hosts multiple highly lustrous, very sharp, well-formed, rich reddish-brown and dark "cinnamon" colored dodecahedral crystals (some have slight trapezohedral modifications) measuring up to 1.6 cm on typical calcic skarn matrix. There is actually a crude off-white colored crystal of Calcite flaring off the top of the piece. Most of the crystals are in very good condition, though some are some very minor contacted areas. The amazingly high luster combined with the gorgeous color makes this a fine quality specimen of these uncommon Garnets from near Bishop. This is certainly one of the better pieces I've had to offer from the locale, with above average sized crystals to boot! From the collection of Robert (Bob) Reynolds. Bob was a well-known fossil and mineral expert and former Curator of Earth Sciences at the San Bernardino County Museum in California. The rare phyllomanganate-chromate species Reynoldsite was named in his honor in 2011.