VERMONT Hessonite Garnet with Secondary Lamellar Growth - Eden Mills / VAG Quarry Belvidere Mountain - Northern Vermont - 2.94 grams
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VERMONT Hessonite Garnet with Secondary Lamellar Growth - Eden Mills / VAG Quarry Belvidere Mountain - Northern Vermont - 2.94 grams

$112.00
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Gem:  Hessonite Garnet with lamellar overgrowth of garnet, and minor diopside Weight:  2.93 grams Dimensions: 14 x 12 x 11 mm Clarity:  N/A  - translucent / glows in sun Origin:  VAG Asbesdos Quarry at Lowell / Eden / Belvidere Mtn., Lamoille County, Vermont Treatments:  None Comments: I am always thrilled to be able to offer the ultimate rarity for a mineral business based out of Northern Vermont -- We have a WORLD CLASS Hessonite deposit just 8 miles north of us, and yet they are some of the most rare American minerals out there.  I am lucky enough to be offering a couple of faceted stones, currently, along with this wonderful crystal: It is a cinnamon orange, with very clean, crisp and even meet points, but it also has a very interesting feature I don't see a lot - Some of the crystal faces are just a little bit recessed, except around the edges, and in these recessed planes, we see lamellar growth of hessonite garnet!  To an untrained eye, it just looks like the garnet is flaking o

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