Spessartine Garnet w/ Galena (classic locale)

Item Description

Spessartine garnets and rhodonite are the most attractive silicates from famed Broken Hill. Gemmy cherry-red to orange red modified dodecahedrons cover the mounded essentially solid spessartine matrix intermixed with galena sections. The crystals look rich wine-red under normal lighting. The spessartines reach 1.0 cm on this rich, showy, highly representative example from the renowned locale. The crystals GLOW, when backlit.