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Grossular

Gem Crystal

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Description
Locality: 
Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Estrie, Québec, Canada
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 1.8 × 1.1 cm
Description

A small specimen, but it is a very rare example (no longer available of course) of the little intense green, gemmy grossulars occasionally discovered at the Jeffrey.Very beautiful !

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