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SC325 - Raspberry Garnet var Grossular


Locality: Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico (MINDAT)
Size: 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm - Thumbnail (<1 inch)
Weight: 14.4 g
minID: L70-47Q

Raspberry garnet var grossular, also called Rosolite. The main crystal is about 10mm in size. Nice orange/red fluorescence under longwave UV light, best under 405nm blue laser (but you need a filter to block the blue light). The fluorescence spectra from a 405nm blue laser shows a broad peak centered at about 610nm due to Mn2+ substituting Ca2+ (the spike at 536nm is from the blue laser).

Photo in normal light.
Fluorescence under 405nm blue laser, with yellow filter.
Fluorescence under longwave UV light (365nm LED).
Fluorescence spectrum under 405nm blue laser (spike at 535nm is an artifact).
Last update: 28 December 2020