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Posts tagged: garnet

planetvalium: A garnet peridotite from Alpe Arami, Switzerland

planetvalium:

A garnet peridotite from Alpe Arami, Switzerland

Notes: 29 8/14/12 — 3:26pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZxGFGxRPsBpN Filed under: #geology  #garnet  #peridotite  #minerals  #crystals  #mineralogy  #thin section 
cambriankin: Ooh ya sexy garnet! Sample from the Cairngorms

cambriankin:

Ooh ya sexy garnet!
Sample from the Cairngorms

High-res Notes: 17 8/11/12 — 3:35pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZxGFGxRD6axc Filed under: #geology  #garnet  #thin section  #minerals  #crystals 
earthshaped: Spessartine on Quartz Tongbei, Fujian Province, China [This] specimen features several very sharp, lustrous smoky quartz crystals. Each of the quartz crystals contain phantoms that are similarly coated by spessartine.

earthshaped:

Spessartine on Quartz

Tongbei, Fujian Province, China

[This] specimen features several very sharp, lustrous smoky quartz crystals. Each of the quartz crystals contain phantoms that are similarly coated by spessartine.

High-res Notes: 181 7/19/12 — 6:16pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZxGFGxPi4Vj1 Filed under: #minerals  #spessartine  #quartz  #crystals  #geology  #mineralogy  #smoky quartz  #garnet 
electronicmining:  Garnet var. Grossular Alps of Frasse, Condove, Val di Susa, Turin, Piemonte, Italy

electronicmining:

 Garnet var. Grossular Alps of Frasse, Condove, Val di Susa, Turin, Piemonte, Italy

High-res Notes: 19 7/14/12 — 6:21pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZxGFGxPMMHlG Filed under: #geology  #crystals  #minerals  #garnet  #grossular  #mineralogy 
harvest-moons-and-halos: Spessartine

harvest-moons-and-halos:

Spessartine

Notes: 79 7/9/12 — 6:22pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZxGFGxP0_RAE Filed under: #geology  #spessartine  #garnet  #minerals  #crystals  #mineralogy 
earthshaped: Spessartine on Quartz Tongbei, Fujian Province, China [This] specimen features several very sharp, lustrous smoky quartz crystals. Each of the quartz crystals contain phantoms that are similarly coated by spessartine.

earthshaped:

Spessartine on Quartz

Tongbei, Fujian Province, China

[This] specimen features several very sharp, lustrous smoky quartz crystals. Each of the quartz crystals contain phantoms that are similarly coated by spessartine.

High-res Notes: 181 7/5/12 — 3:33pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZxGFGxOlzA9J Filed under: #geology  #spessartine  #quartz  #crystals  #minerals  #garnet  #mineralogy 

earthshaped:

Andradite Garnet

Large lustrous greenish/brown crystals measure to 2.6cm across. Ex. Philadelphia Academy of Sciences Collection

Notes: 26 7/4/12 — 12:48pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZxGFGxOhRZ-f Filed under: #geology  #andradite  #minerals  #crystals  #garnet  #mineralogy 
liesegangpoisoning: Garnet (Grossular) with green Chromian phantoms. Quebec, Canada.

liesegangpoisoning:

Garnet (Grossular) with green Chromian phantoms.

Quebec, Canada.

High-res Notes: 54 7/3/12 — 3:34pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZxGFGxOdngUb Filed under: #geology  #minerals  #mineralogy  #crystals  #grossular  #garnet 
liesegangpoisoning: Fluorite, Spessartine, and Microcline. Fujian Provence, China. (WOOOWOWOWOW)

liesegangpoisoning:

Fluorite, Spessartine, and Microcline.

Fujian Provence, China.

(WOOOWOWOWOW)

High-res Notes: 88 7/3/12 — 12:48pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZxGFGxOdAMRJ Filed under: #geology  #crystals  #mineralogy  #minerals  #fluorite  #spessartine  #garnet  #microcline  #feldspar 

vena-nicea:

-Green tsavorite garnet from Tanzania

Notes: 58 5/17/12 — 2:38pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZxGFGxLf8nMF Filed under: #geology  #garnet  #minerals  #crystals  #mineralogy  #tsavorite