Hessonite Gallery

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Grossular (Var: Hessonite) : Ca₃Al₂[SiO₄]₃, Chlorite Group
	Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy Hessonite crystal size 3 mm - s.c. August 1978
© Marco Barsanti	Photo ID: 9393 View Count: 475
Grossular (Var: Hessonite) : Ca₃Al₂[SiO₄]₃
	Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy Hessonite crystals on matrix. Field of view mm 5x3 Photo and collection Enrico Bonacina
© Enrico Bonacina	Photo ID: 206937 View Count: 418
Grossular (Var: Hessonite) : Ca₃Al₂[SiO₄]₃
	Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy Cristals size 0.5/1 cm,specimen N°V112 in the collection.Photo and Collection Paolo Grosso
© Paolo Grosso	Photo ID: 35297 View Count: 384
Grossular (Var: Hessonite) : Ca₃Al₂[SiO₄]₃, Chlorite Group, Diopside : CaMg[Si₂O₆]
	Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy Red crystal (twinned?) up to 3mm. Self collected in 1988. The biggest crystal is very complex in his habit but I've some difficult to make a better photo. Photo and collection Simone e Giorgio Boscolo
© Simone Boscolo	Photo ID: 122337 View Count: 304
Grossular (Var: Hessonite) : Ca₃Al₂[SiO₄]₃
	Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy Crystals up to 4mm in field with 4x3cm - October of 2004 - From Fabio Bigazzi collection
© Martins da Pedra	Photo ID: 60353 View Count: 295
Grossular (Var: Hessonite) : Ca₃Al₂[SiO₄]₃
	Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy Sample crystallized with 7x5x4cm - April of 2008
© Martins da Pedra	Photo ID: 162122 View Count: 106
Grossular (Var: Hessonite) : Ca₃Al₂[SiO₄]₃
	Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy Overall size 15x13x6 cm. Carpet of brilliant dark red crystals with max. size 4 mm. and gemmy quality on rodingite matrix. Photo and private collection of Marco Macchieraldo.
© Marco Macchieraldo	Photo ID: 177091 View Count: 70
Grossular (Var: Hessonite) : Ca₃Al₂[SiO₄]₃
	Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy 9.0 x 7.7 x 3.6 cm. You do not see Italian garnet specimen around much, since there just are not many around these days -- but they are a European "classic." Here, you have flashy, gemmy, deep wine-red Hessonite garnet crystals to 0.8 cm, some of them showing interesting "ziggurat" terracing. Ex. Bill Larson Garnet collection.
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 171600 View Count: 65
Grossular (Var: Hessonite) : Ca₃Al₂[SiO₄]₃
	Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy Nicest 5.98 mm Hessonite crystal. Ex Bramini collection. Collection A.Mattiello photo M.Chinellato
© Chinellato Matteo	Photo ID: 211699 View Count: 52
Grossular (Var: Hessonite) : Ca₃Al₂[SiO₄]₃
	Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy Nicest 3.27 mm Hessonite crystal. Collection D.Preite photo M.Chinellato
© Chinellato Matteo	Photo ID: 267926 View Count: 41