Grossular ("Hessonite") (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)

Item Description

An attractive European Alpine "classic". One of the most recognized associations from the Alps are the beautiful green and red Diopside and Grossular combinations from Italy. This piece features dozens of sharp, lustrous, gemmy, bright, reddish-orange color trapezohedral crystals of Grossular (variety: "Hessonite") with very light green crystals of Diopside and dark bluish-green "rosettes" of Clinochlore on matrix. A good quality thumbnail specimen for anyone interested in great Italian Alpine mineral specimens. This piece comes from the Rich Kosnar Alpine collection, and his catalogue number (Gar1293I2) is hand-painted on the underside. The specimen was actually a Chrismas present to Rich from his very close friend and former editor of Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, Erberto Tealdi, whom Rich referred to as "Fratello mio" (my brother).