Detailed information
Dimensions
24 x 25 x 21
mm
Weight
16 g
Locality
Tumib Farm 20 Karibib Constituency Erongo Region, Namibia
Condition
No recorded repairs
Although historically well-known for fine Andradite garnet crystals it is rare to see a crystal quite so good as this from Tumib Farm 20 in the Erongo Region, Namibia. Reaching an impressive 2.4 cm in length, this deep olive-green, distinctly flattened, modified trapezohedral crystal is extremely well-crystallized and although it is on matrix, it can be viewed at many angles because of the way it is 'perched' with a very small area of attachment. Although quite dark in colour, its faces are quite glassy and display excellent parallel growth lines typical of garnet crystals. An extremely fine Namibian garnet crystal. It is from the superb systematic collection assembled by the brothers Martin and Michael Günther (1951-2007 & 1956-2021).