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Tobi
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Posted: Aug 25, 2016 13:46 Post subject: Favourite Garnets? |
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What are your favourite localities for GARNET? My favourites are:
- Sierra de Cruces, Mun. de Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, Mexico (Grossular)
- Nani Hill, Loliondo, Ngorongoro district, Arusha Region, Tanzania (Spessartine)
- Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China (Spessartine)
- Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan (Spessartine)
- Arrondissement Diakon, Commune Diakon, Cercle de Bafoulabé, Kayes Region, Mali (Melanite)
- Antetezambato Demantoid-Topazolite Mine, Antetezambato (Tetezambato), Maherivaratra Commune, Ambanja District, Diana Region (Northern Region), Antsiranana Province, Madagascar (Demantoid)
- Garnet Ledge (Alaska Garnet; Wrangell Garnet), Wrangell, Wrangell Island, Wrangell-Petersburg Borough, Alaska, USA (Almandine)
- Dal'negorsk, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia (Andradite)
Mineral: | Andradite |
Locality: | Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia | |
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Mineral: | Grossular |
Locality: | Sierra de las Cruces, Sierra Mojada mining district, Municipio Sierra Mojada, Coahuila (Coahuila de Zaragoza), Mexico | |
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Mineral: | Spessartine |
Locality: | Sangulungulu Hill (Nani Hill), Naan village, Loliondo, Ngorongoro District, Arusha Region, Tanzania | |
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Mineral: | Spessartine |
Locality: | Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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Mineral: | Andradite (variety melanite) |
Locality: | Arrondissement Diakon, Bafoulabé Circle, Kayes Region, Mali | |
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Mineral: | Spessartine, Quartz (variety smoky) |
Locality: | Wushan Spessartine prospects, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 8 cm |
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Les Presmyk
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Posted: Aug 25, 2016 14:21 Post subject: Re: Favourite Quartz localities? |
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Here is one from our Arizona collection.
Mineral: | Andradite |
Locality: | Stanley Butte area, Stanley Butte, Stanley District, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Graham County, Arizona, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 11 cm tall |
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alfredo
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Posted: Aug 25, 2016 14:25 Post subject: Re: Favourite Garnet localities? |
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My favorites are from Tenkawa village in Japan, the rainbow andradites from an old abandoned magnetite mine. The colored layer is not a surface iridescence but rather a few tenths of a millimeter under the surface.
https://www.mindat.org/photo-381654.html
And of course everyone loves the transparent grossulars from Asbestos, Quebec. And the deep green uvarovites from Finland..... and.... the list could easily turn into a book.
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Tobi
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Posted: Aug 26, 2016 01:17 Post subject: Re: Favourite Garnet localities? |
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alfredo wrote: | And of course everyone loves the transparent grossulars from Asbestos, Quebec. And the deep green uvarovites from Finland..... and.... the list could easily turn into a book. | Then let's write the script for that book ;-) Concerning Asbestos: Right, Jeffrey Mine features great garnet crystals, but I like the gemmy and vivid green demantoids more than the grossulars. However, a great locality :-)
Les ... just one word for that specimen: WOW!!! :-)
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Matt_Zukowski
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Posted: Aug 26, 2016 02:17 Post subject: Re: Favourite Garnet localities? |
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Jeffrey and Antetezambato
Mineral: | Grossular |
Locality: | Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada | |
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Mineral: | Grossular |
Locality: | Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada | |
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Dimensions: | 9.4 x 6.6 x 4.0 cm |
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Mineral: | Andradite |
Locality: | Antetezambato outcrop, Antetezambato, Maherivaratra Commune, Ambanja District, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar | |
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Dimensions: | 7.9 x 7.8 x 5.6 cm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Aug 26, 2016 03:32 Post subject: Re: Favourite Garnets? |
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Really nice, Matt!
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Additional information:
I changed the name of the topic from "Favourite Garnet localities" to "Favourite Garnets". So everyone can feel free not only to discuss his/her favourite localities but also which varieties, colours and forms of that mineral group he/she likes the most, e.g. simple of complex crystal forms, gemmy or opaque crystals, lustrous or not, darker or brighter colours etc. ...
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Aug 05, 2017 14:55 Post subject: Re: Favourite Garnets? |
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I like very much the Grossulars (hessonite) from Jeffey Mine, the Andradites (demantoid) from Belqeys Mountain, Iran, and the Spessartines from Tongbei, China.
Mineral: | Grossular (variety hessonite) with Clinochlore |
Locality: | Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada | |
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Dimensions: | 5.5 × 4.8 × 2 cm |
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Mineral: | Grossular (variety hessonite) |
Locality: | Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada | |
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Mineral: | Andradite (variety demantoid) |
Locality: | Belqeys Mountain, Takab, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran | |
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Mineral: | Spessartine with Feldspar and Mica |
Locality: | Wushan Spessartine prospects, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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Dimensions: | Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.3 cm |
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19Kath93
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Posted: Dec 17, 2022 11:20 Post subject: Re: Favourite Garnets? |
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I like green garnet a lot.
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