A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Grossular (garnet), Lake Jaco, Mexico |
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| Description | Grossular is calcium-aluminum garnet, and has ideal formula, Ca3Al2Si3O12. Grossular, however, is rarely pure. Because composition varies, it comes in many different colors. It may be colorless, yellow, orange, green, red, grey or black. Well formed crystals are usually dodechahedral (12 sided), but his specimen does not show that symmetry. |
| Location | Mexico. Near Lake Jaco. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2002-03-22. |
| Collection | Ward’s Classroom Collection of Gem Minerals #8. |
| Key words | grossular, garnet, Mexico |
| Tech details | 93 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 2524 |
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