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2.3" Red Pyrope Garnets in Quartzite - Namibia
These are red pyrope garnets that are still paritally encapsulated in the quartzite matrix from which they were found. This specimen was collected from Namibia which is located in southwest Africa. Pyrope garnets are a variety of garnets that always display red coloration and are known to feature beautiful transparency and flawless crystal formations.
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.
SPECIES
Garnet var. Pyrope & Quartzite
LOCATION
Namibia, Africa
SIZE
Matrix is 2.3 x 1.8", Largest garnet is .4" wide
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SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#117566
