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Garnet v. Grossular

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A beautiful and lustrous grouping of dark red dodecahedral grossular garnet crystals from this classic Italian locality. Looks excellent in strong light. In great shape with only minor chipping and damage isolated to the periphery. One area of contact at bottom as seen.

Product details

Species
GarnetAbout Garnet →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions1.9 x 4.6 x 6.0 cm
Listed on09/25/2025
Locality
Italy, Piedmont, Ala ValleyRegional guide →
SKU66902

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Garnet
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Garnet
Regional guide
Garnet from Ala Valley, Piedmont, Italy
Ala Valley garnet is one of the great European Alpine classics: not a single look, but a family of orange-red hessonite, brown-red grossular-andradite, and small yellow andradite/topazolite crystals formed in the rodingites of the Lanzo Valleys. The finest specimens have an unmistakable association—glossy cinnamon to hyacinth-red garnet spread over pale green diopside, often with clinochlore—so distinctive that old European specimens are commonly recognizable at a glance.