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4.9" Carved Almandine Garnets in Matrix Turtle - Maine
This is a beautiful polished turtle sculpture carved from almandine garnets in matrix. This turtle pal measures 4.9 inches long and has been entirely polished to a glossy finish. A couple garnets can be seen along one leg, however the majority of the garnet cross sections are along the flat underside of the turtle.
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
Almandine Garnet
LOCATION
Maine
SIZE
4.9 x 3.5 x 1.7"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#308579
