Chrome Vesuvianite

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This is the loveliest Vesuvianite thumbnail that I have seen, for my tastes. The perfectly terminated crystals have a gemmy DEEP green color and superb luster that will knock your socks off in person....This is just a tremendous thumbnail, hands down. At first glance, you'd SWEAR this gem crystal must be a tsavorite garnet for the color intensity and gemminess. But, it's a humble old vesuvianite in exceptional form. These chrome-rich specimens were exceedingly rare at this now-closed locality, and I have had just a handful in 16 years of buying minerals from this mine.