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Mineral Specimens with Almandine
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6.4 x 5.2 x 4.2 cm. This is a 3-cm crystal embedded solidly in mixed quartz and muscovite matrix, from this most classic of East Coast garnet locales. The Garnet is contacted by attachment points on top and back, but technically not broken. Ex. Ken Hollman Collection. In the late 1800s, Daniel Clark and F.S. Johnson collected these from a local pegmatite.
4.4 x 4.0 x 4.0 cm. A very sharp, well-developed crystal of classic Russell garnet. It displays very nicely, and is complete all around except the bottom. Ex. Russell Jones collection. In the late 1800s, Daniel Clark and F.S. Johnson collected these from a local pegmatite.
8.2 x 6.9 x 5.0 cm. A major specimen from this important, classic garnet locality on the East coast, with robust, 3-dimensional, golf-ball-like crystals in matrix of quartz and muscovite. The large crystal is 3.5 cm. Contacted on back the piece is complete on the front. This is a dramatic display specimen of something very hard to come by. In the late 1800s, Daniel Clark and F.S. Johnson worked a local pegmatite that produced these.
A classic example of the famous old Austrian garnets which exhibit such wonderful crystallography despite their large size (to 4 cm, here). This specimen I particularly like because it is preserved au naturale...so many of these have the surfaces slightly buffed by the collectors or dealers in olden times to make them "pretty" - but to me, that practice ruins the piece in some ways. This is one of the better unadulterated specimens of the material I have had, for its overall size and aesthetics. 12 x 11.3 x 4.6 cm
31.6 x 16.8 x 5.8 cm. A huge, large cabinet specimen showcasing the fine, sharp, gemmy, wine-red almandine garnets from Wrangell, Alaska, in this case still embedded in biotite schist matrix - isolated, large and very dramatic. These are old classics and few big specimens turn up today on the market. Sometimes these are found and sold as floater crystals, other times still in the matrix. The largest crystal here measures 3.0 cm across; there are a total of 10 crystals here and all are undamaged. Ex. Philadelphia Academy Collection with old label circa early 1900s. Weighs 9.7 pounds or 4.4 kilograms.
19.9 x 13.6 x 10.0 cm. Sharp, classic crystals of this garnet species in schist, from the classic old European locale which has fascinated collectors and mineralogists for hundreds of years. These crystals are sharp. What is remarkable about this specimen is its overall size and the quality of the isolated crystals, obviously...but even more interesting me is the fact that somebody worked very carefully to excavate the crystals from the overlaying schist without damaging and scratching them up. Most often, these specimens, especially older ones, are polished for the beauty of it, from ignorance, or to hide scratches from excavating the crystals. These crystals, though, have their natural surfaces remaining.
8.7 x 7.0 x 4.7 cm. Four large, deep cherry-red almandine garnet crystals are artfully lined up on the crest of biotite matrix on this fine specimen from a very uncommon Idaho locale - St. Maries in Benewah County. These classic dodecahedrons, with modified, beveled edges, reach 3.4 cm and have beautiful zones of gemminess. This is a fine, two-sided specimen. Ex. Don Boydston Collection.
10.4 x 6.3 x 4.8 cm. Ripidolite is a relatively rare variety of clinochlore, a chlorite group species. This old-time cabinet specimen features dark, greenish-gray ripidolite after sharp almandine garnet dodecahedrons set in greenstone matrix from the old Michigamme Iron Mine of Michigan. The pseudomoprhs reach 2.1 cm on this fine specimen. Excellent material from this historic mine. Ex. George Elling Collection.
8.5 x 5.0 x 2.0 cm. Five lustrous, brown, dodecahedral almandine garnets to 8 mm are aesthetically scattered on tan, pointed chlorite schist matrix on this classic old-time piece from the Czech Republic and the Mullane Collection. This fine piece is from Zoeptau, Moravia and is accompanied by a Warner & Grieger label dated 1946. They were prominent California dealers and collectors prior to World War II.
5.0 x 3.9 x 3.0 cm. This miniature specimen hosts a superb, 3-cm , sharp and classic trapezohedral crystal on a pedestal of natural matrix. This is a very rare example of the classic "Russel Garnets" found in the late 1800s by two lucky locals (Daniel Clark and F.S. Johnson). This specimen is one of the better examples I have seen, for its good balance and perfect symmetry. It is complete on 3 sides, contacted only on the back face. It has a little attached muscovite matrix, which is rare. At the time they were found, these crystals were all famously buffed or polished by the finders (with shoe polish, I am told), some more and some less. This particular specimen has less of an apparent gloss and buffed smoothness than others I have seen, giving it a more natural look than usual. Ex. Robert Whitmore Collection.
8 x 6 x 4 cm. These garnets, rare from the locale, are razor sharp and stereotypic exmaples of the species. This piece features several aesthetic, sharp crystals in matrix. INFO COURTESY OF DR. VANDALL KING: I saw your fantastic dodecahedral almandine from Topsham, Maine. It may be one of the finest purely dodecahedral almandines from the USA. I saw it the day it was found in 2000. I was at the Biotite Crystal Prospect in Topsham, and the crystal had been found that morning by Cliff Trebilcock who returned to see who was at the locality. The Fisher Quarry (which you had this attributed to) is known for some wonderful trapezohedral almandines, but I suspect there was some confusion on the labeling subsequently. The Fisher Quarry still exists as a locality, but the Biotite Crystal Prospect is now history under a housing development. Ex. Robert Whitmore Collection.
12.3 x 6.3 x 5.5 cm. This large cabinet specimen hosts a superb, 2-inch or 5-cm-across trapezohedral crystal on a pedestal of equally sharp only slightly smaller crystals. It is a huge crystal for the find. The piece is complete on 3 sides, with rock matrix and a side contact on the back of the display face, and pristine on all front faces. It has one clean (and old) contact-repair at the halfway point, at a contact between the upper half and lower portion of the specimen. This is a very rare museum-sized example of the classic "Russel Garnets" found in the late 1800s by two lucky locals (Daniel Clark and F.S. Johnson). The famous Houston Museum specimen shown in the 2009 Garnet calendar is 8 cm across, with a crystal of similar size to this piece atop. This specimen is one of the better examples I have seen for its good balance and symmetry. It has a solid matrix, which is rare. At the time they were found, these crystals were all famously buffed or polished by the finders (with shoe polish, I am told), some more and some less. This particular specimen has less of an apparent gloss and buffed smoothness than others I have seen, giving it a more natural look than usual. One of the major pieces in the Whitmore collection. Joe Budd photo.
7.8 x 6.3 x 3.3 cm. A beautiful 3.5 x 2.7 cm, gemmy and lustrous, isolated, translucent, deep burgundy red almandine garnet set in a wedge of silvery biotite schist matrix. The locality is well known for dodecahedral almandine crystals with trapezohedral edge modifications. However, few of this size and quality were found, relatively speaking. And today, they have nearly dried up compared to even 20 years ago when they could be had (in small sizes) at any show. This is a huge crystal, superb even by standards of the old days. Once moderately common, today, they are much less commonly available in this quality.
5.1 x 4.2 x 2.5 cm. A sharp 1.5 cm almandine garnet, in matrix no less, form this classic New York City area locality that is now long gone. New York City area garnets are classics, but it is hard to find one to own. Ex. Bob Kaar Collection.
8.4 x 6.9 x 3.8 cm. A 2.0 cm, sharp, lustrous, very dark red almandine garnet with flashes of gemmy, red fire is very aesthetically perched atop rhyolite matrix on this exceptional specimen from a very uncommon Nevada locale - Garnet Hill, White Pine County. Older material from the 1960s or 1970s from the Mullane Collection.
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