Yellow Grossular Garnet Cluster - 100% perfect Specimen - Handan Prefecture, Hebei Province, China

Weight: 5.32 g. Dimensions: 17 x 15 x 14 mm Origin: Handan Prefecture, Hebei Province, China Comments: WOW! This is an absolutely perfect cluster of unique yellow grossular garnets from a small find in the early 2000's in Hebei Province, China.   There is no damage whatsoever, anywhere on this piece.  Its is also a really three - dimensional piece, displaying equally elegantly from any angle.  It'd make an amazing piece of jewelry if anybody could think of how to set it.  A challenge, for sure, but this piece is worthy, in my opinion. There are some faces of crystals with some parallel striations, and then other faces have a very slight iridescence.  In all of them you can see a kind of a 'core' within each individual crystal, resulting in a kind of a 'skeletal' look.  The outer part of the garnet is gemmy, and there is a slightly opaque and lighter colored core creating this unique look. I don't believe these are readily available anymore, and there's no steady source.