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Grossular

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Grossular

Collected 1994

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Description
Locality: 
Dungloe, County Donegal, Irish Republic (Eire)
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 4 × 2.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.30cm
Description

A large brown grossular garnet crystal to 2.3cm which originated in a skarn type rock. Irish garnets very rarely attain this size.

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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