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PostPosted: Aug 30, 2011 14:29    Post subject: New garnets  
These new garnets the locate in the mountains of Chihuahua Mexico Saucillo.

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PostPosted: Aug 30, 2011 19:57    Post subject: Re: New garnets.  
Would it be a pegmatite matrix, X2?
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PostPosted: Aug 30, 2011 20:57    Post subject: Re: New garnets.  
They look similar to the melanites from San Benito Co., matrix as well. Very Nice!
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PostPosted: Aug 31, 2011 01:30    Post subject: Re: New garnets.  
Could you take a close-up picture of the specimen, Javmex2?

The garnets deserve it.

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PostPosted: Sep 01, 2011 11:22    Post subject: Re: New garnets  
This is a sample with a closer Image

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