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Common End-Member Garnet Species
Species |
Chemical Formula |
Color |
Almandine |
Fe3Al2(SiO4)3 |
Red, brown-red, purple-red |
Pyrope |
Mg3Al2(SiO4)3 |
Red, purple |
Spessartine |
Mn3Al2(SiO4)3 |
Orange, red-orange, red-brown |
Grossular |
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 |
White, orange, brown, green |
Andradite |
Ca3Fe2(SiO4)3 |
Yellow, green, brown, black |
Uvarovite |
Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3 |
Deep green |
Rare End-Member Garnet Species
Calderite |
(Mn2+,Ca)3 (Fe3+Al)2(SiO4)3 |
Dark yellow to yellow-brown
or reddish brown |
Goldmanite |
Ca3(V,Al,Fe3+)2(SiO4)3 |
Dark green to brownish green or grass green |
Hibschite |
Ca3,Al2(SiO4)3-x(OH)4x |
Colorless, white, gray, green,
bluish green, pink |
Katoite |
Ca3 Al2(SiO4) 3-x(OH)4x |
Colorless or milky white |
Kimzeyite |
Ca3(Zr,Ti)2(Si,Al,Fe3+)3O12 |
Brown |
Knorringite |
Mg3Cr2(Si04)3 |
Blue-green to lilac, dark green
when synthetic |
Majorite |
Mg3(Fe,Al,Si)2(SiO4)3 |
Purple-violet, colorless, or
yellowish-brown |
Morimotite |
Ca3T1Fe2+Si3O12 |
Black |
Schorlornite |
Ca3Ti4+2(Fe3+2Si)O12 |
Black to very dark brown |
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Some of these rare gamets are, so far, extremely rare: Majorite has only been found in meteorites, and several others have been found in just a very few locations
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