| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Grossular |
| Formula: | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 |
| Comments: | Historical specimen in Larson Collection 5 x 3.2 cm , year 1850 [see Bancroft, Peter (1973) The World's Finest Minerals and Crystals]. |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Significance: | Classic locality for this mineral (see references.) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Diopside | 125 |
| - var Chromium-bearing Diopside | 1 |
| Vesuvianite | 23 |
| Calcite | 8 |
| Albite | 7 |
| Epidote | 7 |
| Dolomite | 6 |
| Chamosite | 2 |
| Clinochlore | 2 |
| Fluorapatite | 2 |
| Prehnite | 2 |
| Muscovite | 2 |
| Quartz | 1 |
| Serpentine Subgroup | 1 |
| Grossular | 1 |
| - var Hessonite | 1 |
| Pyrite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Grossular data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (140 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 13545 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:13545:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Grossular |
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| 78.8km (49.0 miles) | ⓘOrford Nickel mine, St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada |
| 81.7km (50.8 miles) | ⓘPond Hill locality, Lisbon, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA |
| 85.9km (53.4 miles) | ⓘWillsboro mine, Willsboro, Essex County, New York, USA |
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Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, USA