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Grossular

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Description
Locality: 
Vesper Peak, Sultan Basin, Snohomish County, Washington, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 4.5 × 3.2 cm
Description

You are are bidding on a classic grossular sample from Vesper Peak with beautiful, cinnamon colored grossular crystals covering one side of the matrix. Classic material collected in the 1970s and very hard to find these days. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Akhtaragda River mouth (Achtaragda River mouth), Vilyui River Basin (Vilui River Basin; Wilui River Basin), Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

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