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Grossular (var: "Hessonite") (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
- Faiallo Pass, Urbe, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
- Miniature, 4.3 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
- Start Time: 01/06/2011 6:45:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 01/13/2011 6:45:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A great Italian Alpine classic. This specimen hosts reddish color, lustrous, gemmy, sparkling, dodechedra (with trapezohedral modifying faces) of Hessonite with Clinochlore up to 4 mm on matrix. This locality is famous for these speicmen and they are sought after by Garnet collectors and Alpine collectors in general. A nice reference specimen from this locality.