Grossular Garnet aka "Raspberry Garnet" Sierra de Cruces, Coahuila, Mexico

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Price: $374.99
Grossular Garnet aka "Raspberry Garnet"
Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
6.6 cm x 4.3 cm x 4.2 cm
 
 
Here is very nice specimen of what has come to be called Raspberry Garnet, from Mexico. 
These grossular variety of garnet have beautiful color and contrast sitting in the white matrix.
It has great coverage and is filled with garnet of differing sizes.
Many of the garnet are complete, some are only partial, pretty common with this mineral and locale.
The largest of these garnet measures approx. 1.4 cm.
The garnet all have beautiful translucency, and also show red fluorescence in longwave UV lighting. 
One the back side is on cut areas were it was removed from a larger section. The top of the matrix is a bit loose, and does shed a bit.
Overall a beautiful specimen.