Garnet
at-auction$ 20
- Locality
- Piedmont, Italy (?)
- Dimensions
- 5 x 4 x 2 cm
- Size class
- Miniature
- SID
- F351
Orange garnet crystals to 6mm on matrix. This came out of a collection and included an Astro Gallery label indicating it
is a 'rare gem Hessonite' from Piedmont, Italy, but it looks more like Spessartine from Tongbei, China. Good crystals regardless.