2.4" Carved Almandine Garnets in Matrix Turtle - Maine

This is a beautiful polished turtle sculpture carved from almandine garnets in matrix. This turtle pal measures 2.4 inches long and has been polished to a glossy finish. Small garnets can be seen scattered throughout the stone.

Garnets are nesosilicates with the general formula X3Y2(SiO4)3. Garnets come in many species, including pyrope, almandine (the most common species), 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, though reddish shades are the most common.
FOR SALE
$19
DETAILS
SPECIES
Almandine Garnet
LOCATION
New York
SIZE
2.4 x 1.6"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#373651