2.35" Gemmy Andradite Garnets with Epidote - Afghanistan

Gemmy Andradite Garnets with Epidote - Afghanistan #290373

This is a gorgeous 2.35" wide association of several large, deep brown andradite garnet crystals with yellow-green epidote in a soft matrix. A large portion of the specimen is coated in druzy andradite, creating a lovely shimmering effect.

This specimen comes from the Ghunday talc deposit in the Nangarhar province of eastern Afghanistan. It is located on the north slopes of the Spin (Speen) Ghar mountain range, where metamorphic rocks including amphibole, gneiss, marble, quartzite, and marble are intruded by Cretaceous plutonic rocks. This deposit produces the highest quality talc (99% purity) in the Spin Ghar mountain range, as well as a variety of minerals that include andradite garnet, clinochlore, diopside, epidote, magnetite, and vesuvianite.

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