Grossular (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
Small Cabinet, 8.8 x 5.6 x 2.4 cm
Start Time: 02/01/2018 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/08/2018 6:48:23 pm (CST)
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Item Description

The Jeffrey Quarry has produced some of the most distinctive and magnificent quality Garnet crystals extant. These "Cinnamon" Grossulars from Jeffrey are known for their unique orange color, gemminess, top luster and superb "textbook" form. This specimen is features good quality, sharp, lustrous, orange color, gemmy, striated trapezohedral crystals of Grossular which measure up to 1.2 cm on matrix. This material is no longer being found as the Jeffrey Quarry is completely defunct and will not produce these specimens again. Don't miss out on this Canadian classic. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#5650). Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Welt" November-December 2017).

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