Grossular on Diopside
VAG Mine, Lowell & Eden
Vermont, United States
3.3 x 3.1 x 2.4 CM (small miniature/ large thumbnail (toenail))
price: $850
Vivid, bright red Garnets are clustered on contrasting dark green Diopside crystals. The famed location of "Eden Mills" (actually Lowell and Eden in Vermont) is the site of the VAG Mine that long ago produced some of the very best Grossular Garnets ever found in the USA. The mine has been closed for decades and certainly will never reopen. Such specimens are now rare and often incredibly expensive if with any sort of decent quality. This is a very nice piece, perfect except for some very tiny rough edge spots on some minor crystals best seen by loupe. By naked eye it seems fully perfect. Bright luster and color, the Garnets have considerable gem transparent areas.
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Grossular on Diopside
VAG Mine, Lowell & Eden
Vermont, United States
3.3 x 3.1 x 2.4 CM (small miniature/ large thumbnail (toenail))
price: $850
Vivid, bright red Garnets are clustered on contrasting dark green Diopside crystals. The famed location of "Eden Mills" (actually Lowell and Eden in Vermont) is the site of the VAG Mine that long ago produced some of the very best Grossular Garnets ever found in the USA. The mine has been closed for decades and certainly will never reopen. Such specimens are now rare and often incredibly expensive if with any sort of decent quality. This is a very nice piece, perfect except for some very tiny rough edge spots on some minor crystals best seen by loupe. By naked eye it seems fully perfect. Bright luster and color, the Garnets have considerable gem transparent areas.
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