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Ch. 12: Beryl - Garnet

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PRECIOUS STONES.
In the Alps it is found in serpentine at the Mussa Alp in Piedmont with Alalite and Chlorite; this variety is sometimes spoken of as Succinite on account of its amber-colour. A group of crystals is shown in Fig. 27. In the Maigels-Thal it occurs in mica-schist with Epidote. It is also found in the Ural Mountains and elsewhere.
A variety of Hessonite, known more particularly as
Grossular, of a greenish colour, is sometimes used as a gem, when it is called Gooseberry Stone; it is found in Siberia. A pale red variety from Mexico has also been cut; it is found in transparent crystals in a limestone.
Pyrope, often called the Bohemian Garnet from its important occurrence in Bohemia, includes some Precious Garnet and Vermeille (see Almandine); sometimes it is known as Bock Buby. The colour ranges from blood-red to hyacinth-red and yellow in one direction, and to black
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