Garnet in Graphite
at-auction$ 20
- Locality
- Red Embers Mine, Erving, Massachusetts, USA
- Minerals
- Graphite
- Dimensions
- 4.3 x 3.2 x 1 cm
- Size class
- Miniature
- SID
- K497
Red Garnet crystal in a matrix of grey Graphite. The garnet is 6mm in diameter. These have been analyzed as mostly Almandine with a touch of Pyrope
in the outer layers. These make stunning specimens due to the fact that the back of the Garnet is well exposed from the Graphite allowing light to
pass through the crystal.