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).
Last update: 28 December 2020