Often light … Suffice it to say that it IS QUITE lustrous, in addition to its many other merits – the most obvious being its prodigious size! Grossularite (or grossular) garnet is a calcium-aluminum garnet. The state gem shall be the grossular garnet. Photo Chinellato Matteo Collection Natural History Museum of Milan, Italy. Collection D.Preite photo M.Chinellato, complex red crystal of grossular var.hessonite up to 3.18 mm Grossular garnet from the Belvidere Mine at Eden Mills is thought to be the finest specimen of its kind anywhere. Sharp, translucent, vibrant “raspberry” color dodecahedron of Grossular measuring 1.5 cm which is associated with a few smaller dodecahedra on matrix. A LARGE, beautifully gemmy and lustrous, sherry-colored grossular garnet crystal with a bit of included matrix from the famous and now closed Jeffrey Mine in Quebec. This is a flashy grossular garnet specimen with sharp crystals lining a vug in the matrix. 1, eff. Grossular with diopside. The law designating the rossular garnet as the official Vermont state gem is found in the Vermont Statutes Online, Title 1, Chapter 11, Section Grossular Garnet with Diopside (classic material) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection) Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Counties, Vermont 5.9 x 4.0 x 3.2 cm Start Time: 10/15/2020 8:45:00 pm (CDT) End Time: 10/22/2020 7:05:00 pm (CDT) Auction Closed Winning Bid: $191 Winning Bidder: tubman drive away demons. Ex. Size of individual crystals: 18 mm. You do not normally see such large xls in this condition. A gorgeous plate literally sparkling with color. Grossular garnet, the State Gem, is technically a mineral -- a silicate, which is colored brown due to the presence of iron. History & Lore:The name Garnet comes from the Latin word … 42214: Grossular Garnet and Diopside from Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell (commonly called Eden Mills), Orleans County, Vermont. Find colleges, newspapers, radios and tv stations, traffic reports, and K-12 resources: facts, geographies, histories, timelines, and state symbols: animals, birds, flags, flowers, insects, seals, trees, and more as well as links to social, demographic, and economic statistics on the 50 states. (See MinRec V10 #2, The Jeffrey Mine, Grice and Williams.) Free shipping for many products! A trivial edge bruise and very minor periphery contacting is certainly not detracting. Grossular is the most varicolored of the Garnet s. The term Garnet describes a group name for several closely related minerals that form important gemstones, and Grossular is an individual member mineral of the Garnet group. The largest crystal stands proud of the other making the crystal's clarity easily visible. Grossular garnet. CLASSIC and beautifully choice material from the Ken Hollmann Collection. P. Cristofono specimen and photo, field collected 1978. Wholesale Flat 5 pieces GROSSULAR GARNET Crystals Coyote Front CA @$12 for sale. Grossular is the calcium aluminum garnet and forms in contact or regional metamorphic enviroments as does andradite the calcium Measures 2.8 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm in size overall. Ex. Green crystals to 2 mm on diopside. This is a detail photo of a 1 cm hessonite crystal on matrix. Very nice crystal from the classic locale for this species. The color..... $60.00 Add to Cart. iron. Ex. Title 1: General Provisions However, unlike other garnets, they’re rarely red or dark. ). A highly sought after variety of gem garnet is the fine green Grossular garnet from Kenya and Tanzania called tsavorite. One of the most aesthetic I have seen of these. Collection Domenico Preite photo Matteo Chinellato, 3.5 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm. Grossular or grossularite is a calcium-aluminium species of the Garnet group though the calcium may in part be replaced by ferrous iron and the aluminium by ferric iron. From Bedford. Nov 2, 2018 - Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive No. But more than that, the crystal is complete all the way around (matrix contact only on the very back, giving it a fine ... Specimen courtesy of KayGeeDee Minerals, Ottawa. These already-rare bright green Jeffrey Mine grossulars have virtually DISAPPEARED since the closing of the mine. Several other crystals are situated on the rear of the specimen. You may have seen some of these grossular leaking out of Mexico, but is is VERY unusual to find them this fine and large, and well-exposed on matrix! Ex. Lustrous single grossular garnet crystal. J. Cilen Collection. Ex. It has the chemical formula of Ca3Al23 but the calcium may, in part, be replaced by ferrous iron and the aluminium by ferric iron. GROSSULAR EDEN MILLS, VERMONT +++ $450.00 + $22.05 shipping . SUPERB GROSSULAR GARNETS with Diopside TN, Eden Mills, Vermont - $76.42. Grossular on Diopside. Garnet var.grossular in to sanidinitic rock;crystal dim.1 mm. Normally garnets were exchanged Joe Budd photos. ), ? 2005. The Whitmore collection was especially well-known for his superb suite of Eden Mills minerals. As hard as it is to find one of these now, it will only get harder. Ex. The large crystals are very clean, with minimal damage. Although not as famous as Almandine and Pyrope, Grossular has some important gem varieties. 35: 123-135. $70.00 + $3.85 shipping . Size: 11 X 7 X 3,5cm with pink/redish crystals up to 1cm. Grossular Garnet (19 complex crystals) from Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell (commonly called Eden Mills), Orleans County, Vermont P. Cristofono specimen and photo. A beautiful, gemmy, reddish-orange grossular garnet is aesthetically perched on lustrous, parallel-growth diopside blades. For a complete list of minerals (plus photographs) , history of the quarries, and health-related issues the reader is referred to Hadden (1996), Van … Size of individual crystals: 5-10 mm. Vermont State Gemstone or Gem Grossular garnet Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 Adopted in 1991. the Jeffrey Mine and others are mostly grossular with a chromium-induced tint, "chrome grossular". This grossular crystal is olive-brown, with high luster. Beginning in the 1950s miners found Grossular garnets and vesuvianites. From Office of the Secretary of State, Vermont Legislative Directory and State Manual, Biennial Session, 1993-1994, p. 25. © 2005 by Dominik Schläfli. This specimen from the now-closed Jeffrey Asbestos quarry features a nearly 1-inch, 2-cm garnet in the middle of smaller crystals. J. levinger specimen and photo, © Jonathan\'s Mineral Exchange, all rights reserved, Albano Lake crater, Albano Laziale, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy. Garnet may even protect one from thieves. in the 13th century when garnet was used in rituals. Grossular Garnet, Belvidere Quarry, Eden Mills, Vermont. Specimen courtesy of Kaygeedee Minerals, Ottawa. Magical properties were assigned 7 mm red grossular crystal with green diopside. Collection Domenico Preite, Image is 10mm wide. Gene Meieran Collection. From Bedford. These crystals are very complex, including parallel growths and stacking of elongated crystals. The grossular crystals are lustrous, translucent, and have surface striations (growth patterns). The crystals reach 6 mm. Overall size of mineral specimen: 8x8x6 mm. Photo Enrico Bonacina Grossular Garnet Properties. 2.5 x 1.3 x 1.0 cm. +++ GARNET VAR. Garnet var. Pure Grossular is colorless; the wide range of colors in this Garnet is caused by various impurities. Self-collected by Bob Whitmore in the late 1970s. 8 x 5 x 2.5 cm. This mine is closed and specimens of this calibre are simply unobtainable, and have been for some time. Width of field is 7.0 mm. from a miner\'s lunch box in 1999 beautiful thumbnail group measuring 3 x 2 cm. The name grossular is derived from the botanical name for the gooseberry, grossularia. Official State Gem of Vermont. Bob considered this among the most important pieces he found in 40 years of collecting at this locality. Note the complex additional stepped faces on many crystals, which result in extra reflection of light and more "sparkle" to the piece overall. Showy cinnamon colored glassy lustrous gemmy crystals of grossular to 1.0 cm in size are forming a flattish 4.7 x 3.5 x 0.6 cm cluster without matrix. Ex. is probably the most colorful of the garnets. garnets, forms rounded crystals with 12 rhombic or 24 trapezoidal faces or combinations of these and some other forms. This is a nice, large crystal for the locality. An extremely fine example of this attractive combination of grossular and diopside. Ex. A nice combination thumbnail from Eden Mills and the Robert Whitmore Collection. Ken Hollmann Collection. Grossular is a calcium-aluminium species of the garnet group of minerals. This specimen was illustrated in the book, American Mineral Treasures. Collection and photo Jesse Crawford. 1.6 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm. This crystal has several excellent faces with nice striations. Single crystal of orange grossular garnet (variety essonite or hessonite) with complex crystal growth patterns on the faces. We tried to photograph this old Mexican specimen twice to capture the luster, but to no avail. Grossular, the Vermont State Gem, is found at Belvidere Mountain along with 40 or more other rock-forming minerals. Less than 1% by weight of chromium oxide can lend the green color to the core of grossular crystals from Asbestos, Quebec. Grossular Garnet The official state gemstone of Vermont is the Grossular garnet, which is found throughout the state. Grossular is member of the Garnet group, and is its most varicolored form, occurring in almost all colors except for blue. An excellent thumbnail specimen from this classic locality! Gemmy orange-red grossular garnet crystals on diopside. The mine known as Eden Mills quarry is located on Belvidere Mountain, situated between Lowell and Eden, Vermont and was mined for asbestos starting in the early 1900s and closed in 1993. All rights reserved. A beautiful, gemmy, reddish-orange grossular garnet is aesthetically perched on lustrous, parallel-growth diopside blades. State gem Photo & collection: D. Schläfli. 1.7 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm, 3.6 g As shown the xl is ~ 3½ mm wide. Allan Young specimen and photo. P. Cristofono specimen and photo. Sharp, textbook crystals of this intense raspberry-colored garnet measure to 2 cm across on this cabinet piece. Grossularite or grossular garnet is one of the six main 'end-members' of the garnet family, which also includes pyrope, almandine, spessartite, uvarovite and andradite. Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy, Nicest 3.27 mm Hessonite crystal. 1.0 x 1/2 x 3/4 inches. Frank Hess collection. Grossular on Pyrite w/ VesuvianiteBelvidere Mountain Quarries (Vermont Asbestos Group Mine), Eden & Lowell, VermontThis piece, although little, is absolutely amazing. A cluster of very Grossular Garnet is a calcium aluminum silicate. This specimen from the famous Eden Mills area in Vermont is a mixture of honey-colored grossular and pale green tremolite crystals. In person, the crystals are also much more gemmy and internally ... A superb loose floater grouping of crystallized grossular, mostly gemmy and transparent, of very good color. 1.6 mm group of green Grossular crystal. It was adopted in 1991. Grossular Garnet. 506. Overall size of mineral specimen: 25x18x15 mm. We purchased the rough from a collector (P. Cristofono specimen & photo. The crystals are of very good quality; no damage. It was suspose to repel insects and some five hundred years ago, people believed that it would Ex. Add to Compare. Grossular. This is because of its light color that looks very similar to the color of berries. A. Stevenson collection. The crystals reach 9 mm. The glassy lustre and rich color here are top-notch! Grossular Garnet ID: CC12068 A single rootbeer gemmy crystal of Grossular Garnet measuring to 1.3cm sits neatly atop a crystalline pale green Diopside from Eden Mills quarries area in Vermont, USA. All State Gems & Gemstones You can see some euhedral contacts where little grossularites grew against it. Single crystal of transparent orange grossular garnet 12 mm across with several 1 mm grossular crystals on the surface. Russ Buckingham collection. It sits on colorless diopside encrusted with smaller grossular xls. It is MAJOR Ex Richard Hauck ... Green crystals, about 1 mm long, on diopside. Consciously sourced Earth to Pocket. Dave Stoudt Mexico Collection. Classic combination material from this very ... 5.0 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm. This piece features a stark, isolated, 1.3 cm crystal with top color and glassiness. Garnet provides unparalleled 24/7 non-emergency ambulance transport and testing services to healthcare institutions and facilities throughout Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and New York. This salmon-pink garnet is just hard to believe for its size and the textbook perfection of its form. Ex Lloyd Tate collection. Very rarely, they are a deep red, and actually rather gemmy - like this one! Compositing software CombineZP. Here is a huge for locality 5.5cm by 3.5cm grossular cluster from the historic Belvidere quarry. Grossular Garnets with Diopside Eden Mills, Vermont These gemmy-red garnets with green 174268546665 Medium orange crystals of grossular garnet up to 1 cm on matrix. Photo Matteo Chinellato Grossular garnets come in almost every color, even colorless, except blue. (Added 1991, No. Dr. Gary Hansen specimen and not shown since the early 1980s. Overall size of mineral specimen: 18x15x10 mm. sometimes used as a gem. Size of individual crystals: 8 mm. Crystal-Odyssey specimen. Dave ... Faiallo Pass, Urbe, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy, crystal size 4mm,Photo & collection Paolo Grosso. We The garnet is a textbook dodecahedron and has striking points of orange fire. P. Cristofono specimen and photo. This specimen consists of two intergrown, intense red grossular crystals on green diopside crystals. Pronunciation: GROSS•you•lar GAR•net (accent on capitalized syllable). I collected this micromount in the quarry during a New York Mineralogical Club field trip led by Dr. Fred Pough, summer 1965. Sess. Field of view is 17 mm. This crystal habit is classic Gerard van der Veldt collection and photo. 2.5 mm crystal from Bedford. Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, USA. Ref: The Mineralogical Record. 6.5 x 4.4 x 3.4 cm. 5.9 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm. Hessonite is a red variety of grossular and is also No damage. Ex Lloyd Tate collection. A 3-cm-across, sharp, textbook crystal of wine-red garnet sits here on a well trimmed matrix. Orange Hessonite Garnet on Diopside xls: Belvidere Quarry. Grossular is often dark in color, but it also forms the lightest colored forms of Garnet, and can even be white or colorless. The Vermont State Gem, the Grossular garnet, Ca3Al2(SiO4)3, is technically a mineral - a silicate, which is colored brown due to the presence of You have seen these garnets before, but almost all are rather opaque and pink. The crystal has very good luster as well. The largest garnet measures 3/8 inch across a face. 506. Other shades include cinnamon brown, red, … It is fist-sized! This jewel-like specimen has super luster, intense deep color, and good aesthetics. Superb pair of intergrown Garnets sitting on a bed of dipside crystals. Photomicrograph © Saul Krotki 2003 ... 2 mm crystal. Grossular garnets range from reddish brown to … It is so transparent that you can see right through to the ... Raspberry grossular in matrix, 6cm wide, ex Jerry Poirier collection. The name 'grossular' is derived from the botanical name for the gooseberry, 'grossularia'. Very nice orange-dark Grossular crystal of at 13 mm. © 2007 by Dominik Schläfli. Ex. Free shipping . Overall size of mineral specimen: 5x4x3.5 cm. Very translucent, no damage. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Superb Grossular Garnets with Diopside, Eden Mills, Vermont at the best online prices at eBay! 55509: Grossular Garnet from Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell (commonly called Eden Mills), Orleans County, Vermont. It may sound scientific and formal, but Rochester is perhaps the … Zodiac:Garnet is associated with the zodiac sign Aquarius. All rights reserved. Vermont designated the grossular garnet as official state gem in 1991. Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada, 3.98 mm well formed Grossular crystal. MOB coll. The green garnets from the Thetford Mines in Quebec, Canada are now considered by many to be uvarovite, or at least a grossular-uvarovite hybrid, whereas The two main crystals look like faceted gemstones with such beautiful glassy burgundy luster. 50 State Guide - eReferenceDesk Reference and Information on the 50 US States of America. A sharp, red dodecahedron, 1.0 cm across, on matrix. Equipment: Nikon D-100 digital camera on a homemade microscope. 1.8 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm. Ed David and Marty Zinn collections. $15.00. The large crystal is really gemmy and bright, and is among the largest crystals for this location in terms of breadth - rarely do you get them this size (did, rather). May 28, 1992. Grossular garnet from the Belvidere Mine at Eden Mills is thought to be the finest specimen of its kind anywhere. It is believed that these garnets form from the metamorphism of impure siliceous limestones. An absolutely perfect, lustrous, textbook grossular garnet of 2 cm, beautifully exposed on the matrix, of the creamy color characteristic for this locality. Ex. Best in stereo (child photo). Superb red grossular garnet crystals on green diopside from the collection of former quarry superintendent. between friends to ensure that they would meet again and to symbolize their affection. Ref: The Mineralogical Record. Acquired in 2007. Size of individual crystals: 19 mm. Vermont's Legislature designated the grossular Garnet as it's official state gem in 1991. Gene Meieran Collection. The garnet is very bright and gemmy and measures 1/4 inches. 6.5 x 3.9 x 3.5 cm, Big, fat, lustrous garnets, to 2.3 cm across, with a fine pale tan-olive color. Rare grossular garnet druzy cabochon. 7.3 x 4.8 x 2.4 cm. ), Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico. Photograph by Edward Rosenzweig. 2.5 x 1.9 x 1.5cm. 1 V.S.A. Beginning in the 1950s miners found Grossular garnets and vesuvianites. Geiger C A, Armbruster T (1997) Mn3Al2Si3O12 spessartine and Ca3Al2Si3O12 grossular garnet: Structural dynamics and thermodynamic properties American Mineralogist 82 740-747: 1997: 0: 100: 0001924: Grossular Grossular (also known as grossularite), like other 6.9 x 5.4 x 4.9 cm. 6 mm crystal. This specimen has super luster, intense deep color, and good aesthetics . Ex. It is complete except for one corner, where there was probably a contact. These crystals have a sharp form, saturated color, and are wonderfully isolated on matrix. skin conditions, protecting against poisons, and if placed under the pillow, garnet would protect one from bad dreams. There are many interesting beliefs and mystic stories recorded about garnets. ? P. Cristofono specimen and photo. Specimen is from the collection of Ray Grant (1975). Garnet The grossular garnet, which technically speaking is a silicate mineral, is reddish-brown in color because of the existence of iron. Now and then, you will find a little specimen with tiny crystals, but not sizeable crystals such as this (to .45 mm), with the TOP glowing green color and gemminess! Ex. Overall size of mineral specimen: 22x14x12 mm. An exceptionally high-quality thumbnail representative for this find. Grossular garnet is a fusion of calcium and aluminum, often with a fair percentage of iron included in the mix. for the garnet minerals. The pictures don't seem to do this one justice! The term Grossular is from the Latin word for gooseberries. A GORGEOUS plate RICHLY covered with intensely gemmy and glassy orange grossular garnet crystals to 5 mm with vesuvianite from Eden Mills, Vermont. TN LIGHT GREEN GARNETS ON DIOPSIDE, LOWELL MINE, EDEN MILLS, VERMONT. Chapter 11: FLAG, INSIGNIA, SEAL, ETC. These crystals measure over 2 cm across, and the 3 largest are complete and undamaged all around. Gemstone:Grossular Garnet Birthstone Month:Garnet is the gemstone for the month of January. A gem grade grossular. Buy Hessonite Garnet healing stones chosen for beauty & power. Clement Mason collection. Grossular has many color possibilities and This is an old and rare style, for the locality, quite different from the generally matte finish crystals you usually see from here in a variety of browns and orange colors (and, from one large find of the past, in pink). The Vermont State Gem, the Grossular garnet, Ca3Al2(SiO4)3, is technically a mineral - a silicate, which is colored brown due to the presence of iron. Akhtaragda River mouth, Vilyui River Basin, Mirninsky District, Sakha Republic, Russia. These came out in the late 1990s. This crystal is the upper half of a crystal that is incomplete because it contacted matrix. 5 mm grossular crystal. Perfect for healers and spiritual seekers. Grossular is found in contact metamorphosed limestones with vesuvianite, diopside, wollastonite and wernerite. A superb thumbnail specimen for this species with cinnamon colored glassy lustrous transparent gemmy grossular crystals measuring 1.2 cm in size set on a 2.8 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm matrix. Grossular garnet from the Belvidere Mine at Eden Mills is thought to be the finest specimen of its kind anywhere.----- from Office of the Secretary of State, Vermont Legislative Directory and State Manual, Ex. 9.5 x 9 x 3 cm. Chemical Symbol:Ca3Al2Si3O12 Chemical Make-up:Grossular Garnet is a Calcium Aluminum Silicate, with its wide array of colors caused by various trace mineral impurities. Grossular crystals in matrix, size 7x6 cm. crystal: 2.5 x 2.3 x .70 cm, complex red crystal of grossular var.hessonite up to 2.7 mm State gem Field collected ca. Grossular Garnet Thumbnail, 2.0 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm Eden Mills, Lamoille County, Vermont, USA Ex. 4.7 x 4.6 x 2.6cm. Transparent, lustrous crystal of orange grossular garnet. Size of individual crystals: 12 mm. iron garnet. A stunning, rich specimen of classic garnet from this now defunct mine, just vibrant with deep color and glassy lustre. ? Ref: The Mineralogical Record, 10(2),pp:69-80; Le Règne Minéral(37),pp:10-34; The Mineralogical Record. The diopside is beautifully terminated. 11.0 x 7.0 x 4.3 cm. This locality is now closed so buy 'em while you can! Eden Mills, Vermont. The orange variety is the most common and specimens of orange grossular crusts are prized by many collectors. gemcrystals@aol.com, © 2006 Joseph A. Freilich, LLC. A fine miniature! Several gem/gemmy lustrous, red-orange, dodecahedral Grossular crystals up to 8 mm nicely scattered on lustrous, gray-green diopside crystal matrix. Scale at bottom of image is an inch with a rule at one cm. Gemmy partial crystal of red-orange grossular garnet. This garnet was discovered in the 1960s in the Tsavo area of Kenya, from which the gem takes its name. Canon 20D + Canon 100mm macro, © Chinellato Matteo - Natural History Museum Milan, Italy. The garnet is a textbook dodecahedron and has striking points of orange fire. Glassy, very slightly pinkish, transparent gem quality glassy lustrous grossular crystals to 7 mm in size set nicely on matrix. Ex. This xl has a distinctly “aqua” hue. Wendell E. Wilson SOLD. P. Cristofono specimen and photo, field-collected 1997. Al Sebela collection. Size of individual crystals: 6-10 mm. Overall size of mineral specimen: 12x11x7 mm. This is the largest, most translucent grossular I have seen from the classic locality. 506. Associated with diopside. FOR SALE! All Rights Reserved, Joppa Hill, Amherst, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, USA. Vasco Trancoso collection and photo. 35: 123-135; The Mineralogical Record, 10(2),pp:69-80. 5.8 x 4.9 x 3.7 cm. Garnets were supposed to hold healing properties, relieving Collection Domenico Preite. 221 (Adj. No damage. The Grossular garnet which is found in the state and is the officially designated state gemstone and are some of the best quality of this type of garnet found in the world. Henry Minot photo & collection. Brian Kosnar Collection. Size of individual crystals: 5-10 mm. It is extremely symmetric as ... 6.7 x 4.4 x 1.0 cm. A large, gorgeous and gemmy orange grossular garnet trapezohedron from the famous and now-closed Jeffrey Mine in Quebec, Canada. The mine known as Eden Mills quarry is located on Belvidere Mountain, situated between Lowell and Eden, Vermont and was mined for asbestos starting in the early 1900s and closed in 1993. A shockingly aesthetic specimen that can be a miniature or, with slight trim, a thumbnail to die for! Mar 31, 2019 - Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive No. 35: 123-135; The ... 6.5 x 4.8 x 4.7 cm. 2.5 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm. 1.6 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm. 5.7 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm. 5.5 x 4.0 x 2.7 cm. A small specimen, yes, but it is a very rare example (no longer available of course) of the little intense green, gemmy grossulars occasionally discovered at the Jeffrey 1.9 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm. The name grossular is derived from the botanical name for the gooseberry, grossularia, in reference to the green garnet of this composition that is found in Siberia. Eden Mills garnets rate high in the pantheon of garnets, and this specimen … There really is no event in the Mineral World year exactly like the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium. 6 x 4 x 1.5 cm. 3.9 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm. Collection Domenico Preite photo Matteo Chinellato, © Chinellato Matteo - Chinellatophoto.com. This is crystallized all around and without damage. Grossular, Diopside, Belvidere Mountain Quarries (Vermont Asbestos Group mine; VAG mine; Ruberoid Asbestos mine; Eden Mills quarries), Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, USA, thumbnail, 1.6 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm, A classic and fine Eden Mills thumbnail from the Dick Jones Collection., For sale from The Arkenstone, www.iRocks.com. Robert Whitmore Collection. Why Would You Use Grossular Garnet? Gemmy and lustrous, reddish brown grossular garnet crystals to 8 mm with distinctive, frosted edges with a large, crude pseudomoph of an epidote crystal. A nice combination thumbnail from Eden Mills and the Robert Whitmore Collection. Its colors range from pale to dark yellow, orange, gold, red, and green. Add to Wish List. Overall size of mineral specimen: 19x16x12 mm. 2 ), Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico Hessonite ) with complex growth! Hundred years ago, people believed that these garnets before, but to no avail $ 76.42 thumbnail die! 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