"Raspberry" Grossular Garnet

Sierra de la Cruz, Mun. de Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, Mexico
Small Cabinet, 5.2 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm
Start Time: 10/27/2016 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 11/03/2016 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A classic specimen of these well known Garnets. The piece features a predominant, attractive, sharp, dodecahedral "raspberry" color crystal of Grossular Garnet measuring 1.5 cm with a few secondary crystals on matrix from this famous locality that produced specimen in the mid-late 1990s. Good specimens are not common on the market anymore. These are some of the most distinctive Garnets in the world. Priced at $850.

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