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Specimen: Standard Gallery: Standard
Sphalerite on Quartz
Sphalerite on Quartz
Shuikoushan Lead/Zinc Mine, Chaling, Hunan Province, China
 Zoisite Var. Tanzanite
Zoisite Var. Tanzanite
Arusha, Merelani, Tanzania
 Quartz, var. Herkimer Diamond
Quartz, var. Herkimer Diamond
Ace of Diamonds Mine, Herkimer County, New York
 Zoisite Var. Tanzanite
Zoisite Var. Tanzanite
Merelani Mine, Lelatema Mountains, Arusha Region, Tanzania
 Zoisite Var. Tanzanite
Zoisite Var. Tanzanite
Merelani Mine, Lelatema Mountains, Arusha Region, Tanzania
 Diopside
Diopside
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mtns., Arusha Region, Tanzania
Garnet var. Hessonite

Garnet var. Hessonite

sold
Locality
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
Minerals
Grossular
Dimensions
2.1 x 1.5 x .7 cm
Size class
Thumbnail
SID
HESSONITE3

This is a strange little garnet. It has the most bizarre inclusions within it. They appear golden and sparkly, but I don't know what they are! Hessonites from the Jeffrey Quarry, don't usually have inclusions of any note, which makes this piece unique. To a garnet collector, this is a choice thumbnail. It weighs 14.13 ct/2.82 grams. 

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