Location: Sinerechenskoe skarn occurrence, Primorsky Krai, Russia

Size: 1.95 x 1.65 x 1.35 inches

This piece came out of Russia in the 1990’s. I have just a few of these available.

Garnet is not a single mineral, but describes a group of closely related minerals. Garnets come in a variety of colors (Red, Green, Orange, Brown, Black, Pink, Yellow, Gray, etc.) Garnet is the birthstone for January.

The variety Andradite, although not as well-known as some of the other “garnets” is found in skarns from contact metamorphosed impure limestones or calcic igneous rocks; in chlorite schists and serpentinites and in alkalic igneous rocks. It is usually, Brown, reddish-brown, bronze, orange, yellow, green, brownish-green, gray, or black in color.