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Tsavorite is technically a rare form of Grossular Garnet and is not only rare as heck but desirable because of its unique beauty. This pair of intergrown crystals is absolutely stunning. The deep green, almost electric color, fabulous clarity, and superb luster make this specimen a true killer. This is a fantastic , if admittedly small thumbnail. However, the color intensity adds somewhat to the visual impact and the unusual sharpness and gemminess of the crystal transcend the size limitation. It MUST also have a sizable gem value if cut up... .9 x .7 x .4 cm
The Grossular (Hessonite) Garnets from the Jeffrey Mine are world-famous, and some of the most sought-after specimens for the species. These dark honey-colored crystals have superb luster, excellent striations that are classic for these garnets, and sharp crystal definition. More importantly, they have that rare internal brightness combined with external glassy lustre that places this piece in the top percentiles for quality. This is a killer miniature all the way. It is even better in person! 4.2 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm
8.1 x 5.3 x 3.1 cm. Here is a fine European Alpine "classic". One of the most recognized associations from the Alps are the beautiful green and red Diopside and Grossular combinations from Italy. This piece features dozens of sharp, lustrous, gemmy, bright, reddish-orange color trapezohedral crystals of Grossular (variety: "Hessonite") with very light green (nearly colorless) crystals of Diopside with dark bluish-green "rosettes" of Clinochlore. This piece was collected in 1985. Ex. Richard Kosnar Collection.
3.1 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm. A sharp and aesthetic specimen of two tightly-intergrown, lustrous crystals of grossular from Pakistan. This specimen came out of the personal garnet suite of collector/dealer/miner Bill Larson. The color is a rich, deep olive green, and the faces show fine luster. They sit really nicely against a small amount of matrix.
3.7 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm. A beautiful plate of gemmy, lustrous and striated, cinnamon-colored grossular garnets from the Jeffrey Mine of Quebec. Crystals reach 1.3 cm on this beauty. Classic and outstanding material from this locale.
6.8 x 4.4 x 3.3 cm. An excellent specimen from the Jeffrey Mine. An aesthetic cluster of very gemmy and lustrous, pastel-pink grossular garnets to 1.2 cm are nicely framed by green diopside and snow-white pectolite crystals. All of the garnets in the 3.5 cm long cluster are pristine. Pink Jeffrey garnets are not that common and this is a highly representative example of the species in nice combination.
4.8 x 3.6 x 2.5 cm. This is an old-time Maine specimen, very hard to obtain now, that was in the personal garnet suite of noted dealer/miner/collector Bill Larson of Pala Properties. It is an exquisitely sharp, textbook crystal of caramel color, well-exposed above the quartz matrix. The crystal measures 2.1 cm. An old label that accompanies the specimen shows it to have passed from one Forrest Carpenter of Limerick, Maine and the "Orbit Mineral Company" of McClean, Virginia back in 1957.
6.7 x 4.2 x 2.0 cm. A striking, aesthetic and pristine specimen of sharp, lustrous, bulb-like quartz crystal included with green hedenburgite. The dominant quartz crystal is 6.4 cm tall. These crystals are called quartz "prases". The quartz crystals rest on a matrix that is essentially solid grossular garnet microcrystals. There is even a small beta quartz crystal on the piece (close-up). This superb specimen, for the combination species, is from the much less well-known Sinerechenskoe Mine of the Kavalerovo Mining District, near Dal’negorsk, Russia. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
An attractive and brilliantly colorful specimen showcasing 3 classic Italian minerals on one beautiful cabinet-sized matrix! The gorgeous major crystal is about 1 cm across, and there are dozens of smaller crystals blanketing most of the display face, with only trivial damage here and there that certainly does not detract. The associated clinochlore and green diopside accentuate the burgundy-red color of these bright and lustrous garnet crystals. 7.5 x 6 x 4 cm
7.4 x 5.3 x 4.0 cm. A fine combination piece from a historic, but much less well-known Romanian locality - the Baita Mining District of Bihor County. Gemmy, lustrous, beautifully striated, golden-brown grossular garnets, variety hessonites, are richly and aesthetically scattered on a matrix of blocky, greenish-black uralite crystals. Uralite is the name given to pseudomorphs of hornblende group minerals after a pyroxene group mineral. The gemmy grossular garnet crystals reach 1.1 cm.
5.9 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm. The bright garnets from this locality are treasured in old collections, and now hard to obtain. This jewel-like specimen has super lustre, intense deep color, and good aesthetics for a miniature-sized example. The crystals reach 6 mm. Ex. Ed David and Marty Zinn collections.
6.5 x 4.4 x 3.4 cm. The bright, jewel-like garnets from this locality are treasured in old collections, and now hard to obtain. This particularly fine specimen has super lustre, intense deep color, and good aesthetics - the isolation on contrasting crystallized matrix is unusual. The crystals reach 9 mm and leap out very 3-dimensionally. Unfortunately, although the left side crystals (the best part) are pristine, the large crystal on the right side, and another above it, are cleaved.
7.4 x 7.1 x 4.2 cm. Because it is a cluster, and large, this is a really good example of this rare replacement. Grossular garnet has completely replaced a former epidote crystal cluster (floater, with the largest crystal 7 cm and doubly-terminated). On the grossular, later-formed diopside crystals have grown. The whole thing was encased in, and dissolved out of, calcite by the collector (Ken Hollman). Ex. Ken Hollman Collection.
1.8 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm. A fine, little thumbnail specimen. Ex. Ken Hollman Collection.
4.0 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm. A rare replacement, classic for this locality. Grossular garnet has completely replaced a former epidote crystal cluster. Ex. Ken Hollman Collection.
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share specimen![Grossular (Var: Tsavorite) from Merelani Hills (Mererani), Lelatema Mts, Arusha Region, Tanzania [db_pics/mdpics/MD-20979a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-20979a.jpg)
![Grossular from Jeffrey mine (Jeffrey quarry; Johns-Manville mine), Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada [db_pics/mdpics/MD-20982a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-20982a.jpg)
![Grossular (Var: Hessonite), Diopside, Clinochlore from Alpe delle Frasse, Condove, Susa Valley, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy [db_pics/mdpics/MD-210608a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-210608a.jpg)
![Grossular (Var: Hessonite), Diopside, Clinochlore from Alpe delle Frasse, Condove, Susa Valley, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy [db_pics/mdpics/MD-210608b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-210608b.jpg)
![Grossular (Var: Hessonite), Diopside, Clinochlore from Alpe delle Frasse, Condove, Susa Valley, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy [db_pics/mdpics/MD-210608c.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-210608c.jpg)
![Grossular (Var: Hessonite), Diopside, Clinochlore from Alpe delle Frasse, Condove, Susa Valley, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy [db_pics/mdpics/MD-210608d.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-210608d.jpg)
![Grossular from Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan [db_pics/mdpics/MD-210769a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-210769a.jpg)
![Grossular from Jeffrey mine (Jeffrey quarry; Johns-Manville mine), Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada [db_pics/mdpics/MD-211558a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-211558a.jpg)
![Grossular, Diopside, Pectolite from Jeffrey mine (Jeffrey quarry; Johns-Manville mine), Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada [db_pics/mdpics/MD-211592a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-211592a.jpg)
![Grossular, Diopside, Pectolite from Jeffrey mine (Jeffrey quarry; Johns-Manville mine), Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada [db_pics/mdpics/MD-211592b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-211592b.jpg)
![Grossular from Berry Ledge locality, Cornish, York Co., Maine, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-211913a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-211913a.jpg)
![Grossular from Berry Ledge locality, Cornish, York Co., Maine, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-211913b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-211913b.jpg)
![Quartz, Hedenbergite, Grossular from Sinerechenskoe skarn occurrence (Sinerechenskoye; Sineretschenskoye; Sinerechenskiy Mine; Blue River), Kavalerovo Mining District, Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tet [db_pics/mdpics/MD-213110a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-213110a.jpg)
![Quartz, Hedenbergite, Grossular from Sinerechenskoe skarn occurrence (Sinerechenskoye; Sineretschenskoye; Sinerechenskiy Mine; Blue River), Kavalerovo Mining District, Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tet [db_pics/mdpics/MD-213110b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-213110b.jpg)
![Grossular (Var: Hessonite), Clinochlore, Diopside from Ala Valley, Lanzo Valley, Sesia-Lanzo zone, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy [db_pics/mdpics/MD-21691a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-21691a.jpg)
![Grossular (Var: Hessonite), Amphibole Group (Var: Uralite) from Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania [db_pics/mdpics/MD-217409a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-217409a.jpg)
![Grossular (Var: Hessonite), Amphibole Group (Var: Uralite) from Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania [db_pics/mdpics/MD-217409b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-217409b.jpg)
![Grossular, Vesuvianite from Belvidere Mountain Quarries (Vermont Asbestos Group mine; VAG mine; Ruberoid Asbestos mine; Eden Mills quarries), Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-225087a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-225087a.jpg)
![Grossular, Vesuvianite from Belvidere Mountain Quarries (Vermont Asbestos Group mine; VAG mine; Ruberoid Asbestos mine; Eden Mills quarries), Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-225225a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-225225a.jpg)
![Grossular, Diopside, Epidote from Belvidere Mountain Quarries (Vermont Asbestos Group mine; VAG mine; Ruberoid Asbestos mine; Eden Mills quarries), Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-225226a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-225226a.jpg)
![Pyrite, Grossular, Diopside from Belvidere Mountain Quarries (Vermont Asbestos Group mine; VAG mine; Ruberoid Asbestos mine; Eden Mills quarries), Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-225227a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-225227a.jpg)
![Grossular, Epidote from Belvidere Mountain Quarries (Vermont Asbestos Group mine; VAG mine; Ruberoid Asbestos mine; Eden Mills quarries), Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-225228a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-225228a.jpg)
![Grossular, Epidote from Belvidere Mountain Quarries (Vermont Asbestos Group mine; VAG mine; Ruberoid Asbestos mine; Eden Mills quarries), Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-225228b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-225228b.jpg)