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]