Garnet Crystals (Grossular)

Grossular Garnet Crystals

Nice specimen pieces of grossular Garnet, showing off good crystal form. Grossular garnet is sometimes known as Gooseberry Garnet or grossularite, and can be clear, white, yellow, brown, red, or green.

Grossular Garnets are sometimes referred to as Grossularite. A green form from Kenya and Tanzania is known as Tsavorite, and is prized as a gemstone.

Our current stock includes:

• Packets of 50 grams of mixed size pieces from Namibia. There is usually some white Calcite matrix with some of these pieces, they are typically 5-15MM and a fifty gram packet contains roughly 20-30 pieces. They show off good crystal form, mostly complete with some fragmented pieces too. Perfect for teaching, resale, reenactment displays, or anything else where a lower priced Garnet might be a good option - public handling, etc! These are highly included or internally fractured and are not a gem grade; they are translucent to opaque and a very dark colour.

• Various sized pieces from Namibia with very good crystalline form, ideal for anyone who'd like a single decent quality specimen. Sold singly. These are highly included or internally fractured and are not a gem grade; they are translucent to opaque and a very dark colour.
• Various specimen pieces from Namibia on a white Calcite or Feldspar matrix, nice as small thumbnail specimens. Some pieces of matrix may have more than one garnet crystal on. Please note that the size refers to the specimen as a whole, not just the garnet crystal.
• Green grossular Garnet specimens from Mexico, measuring approximately 15-25MM