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Grossular Garnet group

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A delightful large thumbnail cluster of gemmy pinkish-apricot orange Grossular Garnets on a tiny and hidden matrix from the classic Canadian locality of Jeffrey mine at Asbestos in Québec. The largest crystal is an equant 1.4 cm, is well developed and of beautiful colour. As a point of interest, the town of Asbestos was renamed Val-des-Sources in October 2020, due to the adverse implications of the name Asbestos. However, when labelling mineral specimens, it is best practice to give the locality name as of when the specimen was collected. A lovely example of Grossular Garnet from Jeffrey mine.

Product details

Species
Garnet, GrossularAbout Garnet →
SizeMiniature
Dimensions2.2 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
Locality
Canada, Québec, Jeffrey MineRegional guide →
SKUCC17528

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Regional guide
Garnet from Jeffrey Mine, Quebec, Canada
Jeffrey Mine grossular is one of the great Canadian garnets: transparent to translucent crystals in cinnamon, sherry-orange, honey, pink, colorless, and green, commonly bright enough to look gem-cut before they ever left the matrix. The classic look is hessonite—orange grossular, Ca3Al2(SiO4)3—perched as lustrous, complex dodecahedral crystals on dark syenitic or pale albitite/rodingite matrix, often with contrasting green diopside. The best examples have a limpid, “barley sugar” glow, sharp geometric faces, and the fine growth striations that make Jeffrey crystals instantly recognizable to experienced collectors.