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Grossular

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Description
Locality: 
Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 5 × 5.1 cm
Description

Grossular garnet from Sierra de Cruces is a Mexican mineral classic, well-known within the mineral collecting community for producing wonderful raspberry red colored crystals, which make them unique world-wide. This specimen features a sharp, brightly colored grossular - 17 mm across - perched on a bit of matrix, couldn´t be more aesthetic. 

Mineral Data
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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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