mineral general info

Andradite

Origin: Serifos Island, Cyclade Islands, Greece

Sample size: 6.3 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich

Origin: Tyrol, Austria

Sample size: 5.5 x 3.1 x 3.0 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

Core sample with nice red-brown andradite crystals etched out of the calcite matrix
Origin: Zöblitz, Saxony, Germany

Sample size: ca. 5 x 6 x 6 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Diederik Visser

Demantoid on calcite

Origin: Tubussis Farm, Usakos, Karibib, Namibia, Africa

Sample size: 3.1 x 2 x 1.7 cm (top), 6.7 x 5 x 3.7 cm (2nd/bottom row)

Photo courtesy of:

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Origin: Garnet Hill, Calaveras Co., California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 27 mm tall

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich