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Is this unusual - Raspberry garnets and large vesuvianite crystals?
  
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PostPosted: May 23, 2012 21:33    Post subject: Is this unusual - Raspberry garnets and large vesuvianite crystals?  

I know that the raspberrry grossular garnets from Mexico are frequently found with vesuvianite. Most of the images I have seen of these specimens don't show particularly large vesuvianite with the garnets. Is the size of these vesuvianite crystals unusual?

The overall size is 14 cm long, 8.5 cm tall, and about 6 cm deep



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PostPosted: May 23, 2012 22:49    Post subject: Re: Is this unusual - Raspberry garnets and large vesuvianite crystals?  

daviddillman wrote:
I know that the raspberrry grossular garnets from Mexico are frequently found with vesuvianite. Most of the images I have seen of these specimens don't show particularly large vesuvianite with the garnets. Is the size of these vesuvianite crystals unusual?


This is not unusual. Much of the earlier material that Graham Sutton and I produced from here was like this.
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PostPosted: May 24, 2012 08:06    Post subject: Re: Is this unusual - Raspberry garnets and large vesuvianite crystals?  

I have a single crystal 8 cm on a side and have seen them up to 20 cm long
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