Grossular

Grossular from the type locality, Chernchevsky river, Yakutia.

'Hessonite' from the famous Akhmatovsk mine, Yuzhnye Ural.
[photo/collection Viktor Slyotov]

Red Grossular, called Hessonite from Bazhenovo.Note the resemblance with
Hessonite from Val Malenco,
also a rodingite locality, but in Italy.[all photo/collection: Maurice de
Graaf unless stated otherwise]