Sierra de Cruces

This is not a precise locality, like a mine or quarry, but a pretty broad area.

Unfortunately Mexican dealers don’t always tend to be very specific with the locales they give.

The area is well known for specimens of yellow-brown to olive-green vesuvianite and pink-red grossular garnet, often in a white matrix. These are often referred to as ‘raspberry garnets’.

Further reading

• https://www.mindat.org/loc-5433.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_de_las_Cruces
• https://www.minerant.org/MMM/G/grossulaar-Sierra_de_Cruces.html

We do have specimens from other locales around Mexico:

Mexican locales

• Amelia Mine, Arroyo de la Soledad, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico
• Cerro De La Concordia, Piedra Parada, Tatatila Municipality, Veracruz, Mexico
• La Revoltosa Mine, San Andrés, Magdalena Municipality, Jalisco, Mexico
• La Sirena Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico
• Las Choyas, Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
• Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
• Navidad Mine, Indé Municipality, Durango, Mexico
• Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico
• Potosí Mine, Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
• Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico

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