Garnet variety Melanite with Diopside
at-auction$ 20
- Locality
- Snake Pit Claim, San Benito County, California
- Minerals
- Andradite, Diopside
- Dimensions
- 4.4 x 3.2 x 2.0 cm
- Size class
- Miniature
- SID
- SM701
The black color variety of Garnet, Melanite, seen with several flat needle-like crystals of tan color Diopside.
From a locality very near the famous Benitoite Gem Mine.