*  Deep red/brown Vesuvianite with green Diopside and pink Grossular. From a one time scarn find in a Franklin marble outcrop in Amity N.Y. back in 1995. Vesuvianite is a rareity at this classic N.Y. locality known for its huge Spinels!! Interesting locality piece! Wollastonite is present in small amount from this find. 

    *Specimen measures  7 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm. approx.

  * Historical note, Amity, Edenville, and Pine Island are small hamlets in Warwick, Orange Co. N.Y. with the distinction of having outcrops  of Franklin marble with many wonderfull collectable minerals! Edenite, Warwickite, & Clintonite were discovered here in the 1800's (type localitys). Recently Fluoro-Edenite a beautifull fluorescent was found by a collector and identified by the NYS museum. Edenite, Norbergite and Diopside add to the list of great fluorescent minerals. The largest Spinels in the world are from here! Chondrodite and Fosterite are associated. Amphiboles, Pyroxenes and Scapolites are found in large crystals. See Mineralogical Record V9 No.2 for article on Amity minerals, and my picture of the Amity NYS historical marker

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