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Hessonite

Charles Trantham Estate (1936-2020)
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Estrie, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4 × 2 cm
Description

Complex sherry colored crystals and partial crystals of hessonite on matrix, from the classic Canadian locality.

From the estate of noted Californor collector and dealer Charles Trantham, who was known to collect in the field with the likes of Al McGuinness and Jack Parnau.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hessonite

Variety Of: 

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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