Pyrope

Origin: Markstay pit, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Sample size: 4 x 3 x 3 cm
 
  
Large grains to 1.5cm showing only the crystal outline in biotite matrix.
Origin: Masons Ranch, Macon Co., North Carolina, United States
Sample size: 5 x 6 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
Origin: Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Rebecca Stewart/Steve Sinotte collection
Sample size: 3.3 x 1.9 x 1.9 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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