DZ2006 - Grossular on Diopside
Jeffery Quarry, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
small cabinet - 6.1 x 3.9 x 1.4 cm
$ 600.00

A thin flake of green diopside with intergrown grossular. I must be thirsty, because the I see the color of the garnet as something between cream soda and root beer.

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DZ1308 - Sphalerite on Dolomite
Penfield Quarry, New York USA
cabinet - 10.2 x 7.4 x 6.7 cm
$ 500.00

Two gemmy honey brown sphalerite crystals nestled in a matrix of off-white dolomite. Parts of the sphalerite appear to be facetable.

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