1.1" Gemmy, Sharply Terminated Garnet Cluster - Pakistan

Gemmy, Sharply Terminated Garnet Cluster - Pakistan #213353

This garnet centered specimen comes from a location in Pakistan, where associations of deep orange/brown garnets, feldspar, golden mica, green epidote, calcite and albite are typically found. The garnets from this location display a unique pattern, which can be seen along the faces of the crystals when rotated under light.

Garnets are nesosilicates having the general formula X3Y2(SiO4)3. There are many species of garnet which include pyrope, almandine, spessartine, uvarovite, andradite and grossular (varieties of which are hessonite, cinnamon-stone and tsavorite). Garnets are found in a wide variety of colors including red, orange, yellow, green, purple, brown, blue, black, pink, and colorless, with reddish shades being the most common.

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SPECIES

Garnet var Andradite

LOCATION

Raskoh, Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan

SIZE

1.1 x .7"

1.1" Gemmy, Sharply Terminated Garnet Cluster - Pakistan

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