1.4" Gemmy Andradite Garnets with Epidote and Diopside - Afghanistan

This is a gorgeous, 1.4" wide association of andradite garnet crystals with several well-formed, deep green epidote crystals and yellow-green diopside in a soft matrix. This specimen has been mounted with mineral tack for museum-quality display.

This specimen comes from the Ghunday talc deposit in the Nangarhar province of eastern Afghanistan. It is located on the north slopes of the Spin (Speen) Ghar mountain range, where metamorphic rocks including amphibole, gneiss, marble, quartzite, and marble are intruded by Cretaceous plutonic rocks. This deposit produces the highest quality talc (99% purity) in the Spin Ghar mountain range, as well as a variety of minerals that include andradite garnet, clinochlore, diopside, epidote, magnetite, and vesuvianite.


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DETAILS
SPECIES
Garnet, Epidote & Diopside
LOCATION
Marki Khēl, Sherzad District, Nangarhar, Afghanistan
SIZE
1.4 x 1.2"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#255788