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Grossular

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Grossular

Collected by John & Robert Lawson

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Description
Locality: 
Arranmore Island, Dunglow, County Donegal, County Donegal, Irish Republic (Eire)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Weight: 
95.00gr
Description

Skarn matrix with vugs containing lustrous dark brown garnet crystals with a composition of 50/50 grossular/andradite. From a seldom offered Irish locality which was visited by Sir Arthur Russell in the 1920's.

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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