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Rhodolite
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Jacobs Ruby Mine, Cowee Valley, Macon Co., North Carolina, USA
© 2003 Rex Biggers
A variety of Pyrope
Originally a rose-red gem variety of Pyrope. Current usage has extended the name to any pink garnet in the almandine-pyrope series with most of the occurrences in the almandine compositional field. True pyrope does occur at the "type" locality described by Hidden and Pratt (1898a) from mixed-environment detrital minerals from sands in Masons Branch Brook, Cowee Valley, Macon Co., North Carolina, USA.
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Originally a rose-red gem variety of Pyrope. Current usage has extended the name to any pink garnet in the almandine-pyrope series with most of the occurrences in the almandine compositional field. True pyrope does occur at the "type" locality described by Hidden and Pratt (1898a) from mixed-environment detrital minerals from sands in Masons Branch Brook, Cowee Valley, Macon Co., North Carolina, USA.
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| Health Warning: | No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care. | |||||
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| Reference List: - + | Hidden, W. E. and Pratt, J. H. (1898) On Rhodolite, a New Variety of Garnet, American Journal of Science, fourth series, v. 6, p. 294-296. Hidden, W. E. and Pratt, J. H. (1898) On the Associated Minerals of Rhodolite, American Journal of Science, fourth series, v. 6, p. 463-468. | |||||
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